CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

Abstract

The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) with
its headquarters at Dona Paula, Goa, and regional
centres at Kochi, Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, is one
of the 37 constituent laboratories of the Council of
Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New
Delhi. CSIR-NIO was established on 1 January 1966
as the most important outcome of the International
Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE), the largest
international collaborative effort ever undertaken in
the oceans. The institute has since grown into a multidisciplinary
oceanographic research institution of
international repute. The principal focus of research
has been on observing and understanding special
oceanographic characteristics of the Indian Ocean.