Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG)

IS THERE A CONTINENT HIDDEN BELOW THE ARABIAN SEA?

Zealandia has caught the imagination of geoscientific world and reams of paper and netspace has been dedicated to announcing arrival of this new ‘continent’ on the block. Geoscientists have been working hard and long to identify the signatures that could mark a sunken landmass as a continent. They... more

THE NEW MEGHALAYAN AGE: (WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IS...

THE NEW MEGHALAYAN AGE: WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IS IT NECESSARY? The human race has divided time into different units since it culturally stumbled upon the abstract concept of time. We have broken time into variable slices like millennia, century, decade, hour, minute, second and so on. The... more

FACE OFF WITH THE SUN

FACE OFF WITH THE SUN The civilizations the world over have many myths and legends depicting powerful and divine individuals making a go at the sun. The end is more often than not quite discouraging. They always burn out near the sun. But, these folklores are symptomatic of humanity’s... more

BREAKING UP OF ICEBERGS AT ANTARCTICA: WHAT DOES...

India is far away from Antarctica and the proceedings that take place over there should not be of concern to it. This is the feeling of most of us sane Indians. However, the natural system that the Earth is operating and dealing with leaves no room for such complacency. The Earth is an integrated... more

MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE (MLT): DYNAMICS...

Anybody who travels frequently will know that weather can change dramatically from one place to another. If this travel is done vertically, into the sky, then this change is all the more spectacular. It changes from a realm of dense molecular setting to an almost empty space. The change in... more

Department of Physics, Madras Christian College vi...

Department of Physics, Madras Christian College, visited IIG on 27th January 2023. Students enlighted by listening to talks by experts and interactions with researchers

Former Director of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Ge...

Prof. B.R.Arora former Director of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology gave a talk at IIG on "Multi-Geophysical Imaging of the Himalayan Collision Zone: Constraints on Tectonics and Seismogensis" on 25 January 2023

Shared the experiences on Antarctica Expeditions

On the occasion of 30th Foundation Day of Assam University Silchar, Shri. Subrata Moulik shared his experiences on "Antarctica Expeditions".

Dignitaries visited Silchar observatory.

Prof. Rajive Pant, Hon. Vice-Chancellor of Assam University with Prof. Dr. Md. Giashuddin Miah, Hon. Vice- Chancellor, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh, Registrar AUS & other dignitaries visited Silchar observatory on 21Jan2023... more

MOMENTUM North-East 2023

IIG participated in 2nd Edition of “MOMENTUM North East 2023” during January 20 – 22, 2023 in Guwahati, held by the Progress Harmony Development Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Reach the Unreached

Under the "Reach the Unreached" program our team visited K.E.S. Indubaii Wajekar English Medium School Panvel on 20 January 2023. Students enjoyed learning about Geomagnetsism and its implications to our life and technology.... more

Students and teachers from Government Primary Scho...

As part of the study tour, a group comprising 26 students and teachers from Government Primary School Shoal Bay No – 14 visited Multiparametric Geophysical Observatory (MPGO), IIG on Friday, 13th Jan, 2023.

Committee of Parliament on Official Language held...

संसदीय राजभाषा समिति ने मुंबई में भारतीय भूचुंबकत्व संस्थान, नवी मुंबई के साथ निरीक्षण बैठक की| इस दौरान समिति ने मंत्रालय एवं विभाग के वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों की उपस्थिति में हो रहे राजभाषा हिंदी के कार्यों का अवलोकन किया|

Science outreach activities

On January 13, 2023, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism conducted a curtain raiser event for IISF 2022 to be held at Bhopal from 21-24 January. Over 170 students enjoyed various science outreach activities like talks, rock display, comic books, solar observations, 3D globe, quiz, crosswords etc... more

Mr. Atul Kulkarni gave a talk on “Antarctica – Res...

Mr. Atul Kulkarni gave a talk on “Antarctica – Research & Exploration, IIG’s contribution” at J.S.M College, Alibag on 12-01-2022. Mr. Anoop K Soman, team leader Antarctica expedition, also shared his experiences with students

School/College Visit at observatories

Many Schools and colleges frequently visit IIG’s magnetic observatories that has spread across the nation. IIG runs total twelve magnetic observatories spanning east-west and north-south region of our country. Understanding working of magnetic observatory, measuring magnetic field of the Earth,... more

School/College Visit at Regional Centers

Many Schools and colleges frequently visit our regional centres/labs spread across the nation. IIG has three regional centres namely KSKGRL, Prayagraj, EGRL, Tirunelveli and NEGRL, Shillong. The students/teachers get opportunity to see different experimental set up, state of arts labs, instruments... more

School/College Visit at HQ

The school/college visitors were acquainted with the basics of geomagnetism, GPS and other related activities carried out at IIG. Posters, models, lab visits and talks were arranged to enlighten them on the advances made at IIG in the field of geomagnetism and allied areas. All the activities were... more

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