Question
Download Solution PDFThe headquarters of the National Institute of Oceanography of India is located at _______ .
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Goa.
Key Points
- The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) with its headquarters at Dona Paula, Goa.
- Its regional centres at Kochi, Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, are one of the 37 constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi.
- NIO was established on 1 January 1966 following the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) in the1960.
- Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh is the current Director of the NIO.
- He was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Indian Society of Applied Geochemists (ISAG) in December 2022, in recognition of his contributions to Earth Sciences in general and applied Geochemistry in particular.
Additional Information
- Some Important National Institutes of India are:
- Anthropological Survey of India,1945 - Kolkata
- Archaeological Survey of India, 1861 - New Delhi
- National School of Drama, 1959 - New Delhi
- Sahitya Academy, 1954 - New Delhi
- National Library of India - Kolkata
- Established 1836 (as Calcutta Public Library), 30 January 1903 (as Imperial Library) and 1 February 1953 (as National Library of India)
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