Indian Navy Signs MoU for Offshore Data with Geological Survey of India

GSI’s marine and coastal survey division based at Mangaluru has mapped most of India’s 2.1 million square kilometre of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and has a vast repository of offshore data

The Indian Navy on 21 January 2020 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Geological Survey of India (GSI) for sharing seabed sediments data, products and expertise for naval application in meteorology and oceanography.

GSI’s marine and coastal survey division based at Mangaluru has mapped most of India’s 2.1 million square kilometre of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and has a vast repository of offshore data.




“This data collected using GSI’s state-of-the-art oceanic research vessels Samudra Manthan, Samudra Kaustubh, Samudra Shaudhikama and Samudra Ratnakar, will now be used by Indian Navy’s rapidly growing blue water fleet for reliable and accurate oceanographic modelling to support their expansive maritime operations in the Indian Ocean region,” an official statement read.

The MoU was signed between Commodore A.A. Abhyankar, who heads Indian Navy’s Oceanology and Meteorology Directorate and Deputy Director General of GSI N. Maran.