Under this programme, 14 National Marine Data Centres (NMDC) have been established to collect, store and disseminate ocean related data generated by Universities and R&D institutions in the country. They are:

    Name of the Institute                    Parameters being handled
                                           



Department of Ocean Development  (DOD)             Data Summary



Office of Deputy Director General, India 
Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune              Ocean Surface Meteorology




Geological Survey of India (GSI), Calcutta         Marine Geology




KD Malavia Institute 
of Petroleum Exploration (KDMIPE), Dehradun        Magnetic, Seismic and Gravity




Survey of India, Dehradun                          Tide level




Naval Hydrographic Office (NHO), Dehradun          Bathymetry




Central Salt and Marine Chemicals 
Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar             Marine Algal resources
 



Regional Centre, National 
Institute of Oceanography (RC, NIO), Bombay        Marine Pollution
 



Fishery Survey of India (FSI), Bombay              Offshore Fisheries




National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), 
Goa.                                               Physical, Chemical and Biological 
                                                   Oceanography                                   



Central Marine Fisheries Research 
Institute (CMFRI), Kochi                           Coastal Fisheries




Institute for  Ocean Management (IOM), 
Madras                                             Coastal Geomorphology




National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), 
Hyderabad                                          Ocean related remote sensing parameters




Central Drugs Research Institute (CDRI), 
Lucknow                                            Bio-active substances in the sea.

Until, 1994-95, the data centres at NIO, Goa, NRSA Hyderabad, IOM, Madras and IMD Pune, were strengthened and operationalised. During the year 1995-96, eight Data Centres were strengthened, out of which five were operationalised. These Data Centres are GSI, Calcutta; Survey of India, Dehradun; KDMIPE, Dehradun; CMFRI, Cochin and CDRI, Lucknow. Further, the Data Centres at Naval Hydrographic Office and RC, NIO, Bombay, were also strengthened with hardware and software facilities and also micro-earth stations for networking. The achievements made during the year include finalisation of data exchange formats by the data centres, popularisation of NOIS programme through publication of brochures, etc. The data centres at FSI, Bombay; CSMCRI, Bhavnagar; DOD; NHO, Dehradun and RC, NIO, Bombay, which are in the process of acquisition of hardware and development of software, will be fully operationalised during 1996-97.