Earth Sciences Secretary sets out Deep Ocean Mission, PRITHVI and Mission Mausam at a Kochi symposium

6 November 2026

Union Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences Dr T Srinivasa Kumar said the Government focuses on turning scientific research into benefits for coastal and marginalised communities. He spoke at the valedictory function of a three-day international symposium on fisheries and remote sensing at Kochi. The Deep Ocean Mission covers deep sea exploration, indigenous technologies and stronger ocean observation services. PRITHvi Vigyan is an integrated Earth system science programme covering the atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere and solid Earth. Mission Mausam aims to make India a weather-ready and climate-smart nation through better observation networks and modelling. The Ministry is also working on a Blue Economy framework. The symposium adopted the Kochi Declaration, which sought a multinational ocean observation system and open access to ocean data.