National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research

{{Short description|Indian research and development institution}}

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|leader_name = M. Ravichandran{{cite news |title=भारत 'तिथे' काय करतो? |url=https://www.lokmat.com/manthan/what-does-india-do-antarctica-a296/ |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=Lokmat |date=7 February 2021 |language=mr-IN |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412195525/https://www.lokmat.com/manthan/what-does-india-do-antarctica-a296/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://ncpor.res.in/pages/display/315-our-chairman|title=Our Chairman|publisher=NCAOR|access-date=24 February 2022|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224031156/https://ncpor.res.in/pages/display/315-our-chairman|url-status=live}}

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The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) is an Indian research and development institution, situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa.{{Cite web |title=About NCPOR |url=https://ncpor.res.in/pages/display/275-organisation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003140956/https://ncpor.res.in/pages/display/275-organisation |archive-date=3 October 2023 |access-date=27 January 2024 |website=NATIONAL CENTRE FOR POLAR AND OCEAN RESEARCH}} It is an autonomous institution of the Department of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India which is responsible for administering the Indian Antarctic Programme and maintains the Indian government's Antarctic research stations, Bharati and Maitri. NCPOR was established originally as NCAOR on 25 May 1998, with Dr. Prem Chand Pandey as the founding director.{{cite web |title=Professor Prem Chand Pandey |url=http://www.ncaor.gov.in/pages/view/391/395-professor-prem-chand-pandey |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920183505/http://www.ncaor.gov.in/pages/view/391/395-professor-prem-chand-pandey |archive-date=20 September 2015 |access-date=5 February 2018 |website=NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH |publisher=NCAOR}}{{Cite web |title=10th Foundation Day celebration of NCAOR |url=http://www.ncaor.nic.in/news_files/Ncaor_foundation_day.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172547/http://www.ncaor.nic.in/news_files/Ncaor_foundation_day.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011 |website=NCAOR Indian Expeditions}}{{Cite web |title=Faculty |url=http://coraliitkgp.webs.com/faculty.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304082414/http://coraliitkgp.webs.com/faculty.htm |archive-date=4 March 2012 |website=Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences}}{{Cite web |title=Our Proud Past |url=http://auaa.in/?page_id=31 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707073335/http://auaa.in/?page_id=31 |archive-date=7 July 2012 |website=Allahabad University Alumni Association}}{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20081219081342/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/01/07/stories/2005010704171200.htm Sagar Kanya begins Indian Ocean expedition to study tsunami impact]}}. The Hindu, 7 January 2005, Dr. P. C. Pandey Founder Director NCAOR{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080317134155/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2022/stories/20031107003609900.htm Reaching the final frontier]}}. Frontline, 25 October–7 November 2003, Dr. P. C. Pandey Founding Director National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR)

NCPOR is known for its participation in global experiments, hosting of international conferences and in the leadership of international committees concerned with Antarctic science. The chairman of NCPOR is Dr. M. Ravichandran who is also Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences since 2021. The director of NCPOR is Dr. Thamban Meloth.{{Cite web |title=Our Director |url=https://ncpor.res.in/pages/display/285-our-director |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226042247/https://ncpor.res.in/pages/display/285-our-director |archive-date=26 February 2022 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=NATIONAL CENTRE FOR POLAR AND OCEAN RESEARCH}}

NCPOR complex is home to a special low-temperature laboratory and is setting up a National Antarctic Data Centre and a Polar Museum.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The main duties of the NCPOR include:

• storing ice core samples, from Antarctica and the Himalayas.
• operating the Himadri and IndARC Arctic research stations in Svalbard, Norway.{{Cite web |title=India Arctic Portal |url=http://ncaor-arctic.ncaor.org:5050/website/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727113044/http://ncaor-arctic.ncaor.org:5050/website/index.html |archive-date=27 July 2011 |publisher=National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research}}{{Cite web |title=India in Arctic [sic] |url=https://ncpor.res.in/arctics |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=NATIONAL CENTRE FOR POLAR AND OCEAN RESEARCH}}
• managing the oceanic research vessel ORV Sagar Kanya, the flagship of India's fleet of oceanographic study vessels. This ship has contributed significantly{{Vague|date=March 2008}} to India's study of the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
• it supported the KBCAOS, University of Allahabad from the initial stage of establishment up to the final stage of the center as full-fledged faculty centre, in form of a project as per collaborative work with the university.

This centre was previously referred to as the Antarctic Study Centre. It came into existence with joining of Dr. P. C. Pandey as the director on 12 May 1997.[http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/faculty/iit_1338424939.pdf "came into existence with joining P C Pandey as Centre Director"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924033438/http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/faculty/iit_1338424939.pdf |date=24 September 2015 }}. (PDF) Antarctic Study Centre came in existence with Dr. Pandey

On 9 October 2016, the NCPOR established a high altitude research station in Himalaya called Himansh.{{cite web |title=Himansh |url=https://ncpor.res.in/pages/view/115/426-himansh |website=NCPOR |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=2 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702104044/https://ncpor.res.in/pages/view/115/426-himansh |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=HIMANSH, India's Remote, High-Altitude Station opened in Himalaya |url=https://dst.gov.in/pressrelease/himansh-india%E2%80%99s-remote-high-altitude-station-opene |website=DST |access-date=1 June 2022 }} The station is situated above 13500 feet (> 4000 m) at a remote region in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.