NCPOR: the Goa-based nodal organisation for the Indian Antarctic Programme

Background

The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) was established on the 25th May 1998 as an autonomous Research and Development Institution of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (formerly Department of Ocean Development).
The Centre is designated as the nodal organization for the co-ordination and implementation of the Indian Antarctic Programme.
That includes the maintenance of India's permanent station in Antarctica.
NCPOR is located in Goa.
Year-round maintenance of the two Indian stations, Maitri and Bharati, is its primary responsibility.
Maitri was established in 1989 and Bharati in 2011.