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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
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, Director, PRL, Ahmedabad, and M...
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, Director, PRL, Ahmedabad, and Member, Governing Council IIG, visited KSKGRL, Prayagraj on 4th December 2022. He visited the Petrology and Palaeomagnetic labs and showed keen interest in different experiments operational at KSKGRL. His invaluable advice and guidance motivated the... more
Dr. M. Mohanty, Head A.I. Division, DST, Govt. of...
Dr. M. Mohanty, Head A.I. Division, DST, Govt. of India, graced the IIG with his presence on 3rd December 2022. He interacted with Scientists/Students and visited different Labs/Sections to take overview of IIG's research activities.... more
Leader of 41st Indian Scientific Expedition to Ant...
Mr. Anoop K Soman, Leader of 41st Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (ISEA) at Bharati station has handed over the charge of the station to Mr. Pranjal Saikia, Leader of 42nd ISEA. Proud to announce that both leaders are from the IIG.  
Students from Moreshwar Atmaram Agvekar college Al...
Students from Moreshwar Atmaram Agvekar college Alore Chiplun tehsil District Ratnagiri visited IIG on 30th November 2022. Students interacted with our Researchers to learn about space science. These young minds were motivated by Director Prof. A.P. Dimri... more
Navy Children School, Minnie Bay Port Blair visite...
As part of a study tour, 46 students along with 3 teachers from Navy Children School, Minnie Bay Port Blair visited MPGO-IIG on 29th November 2022. The students were explained about the magnetic field measurements and its importance.  
Reach the unreached
On 22 November 2022, our team Dr. Geetashree Kakoti and Abhilash K.S. from NEGRL visited St. Anthony's College, Shillong to make students aware about the Space-Weather, Storms in Space, and Plate Tectonics under the science outreach program  
IIG team of Scientist/Engineers/Research Scholars...
On 17-18th November IIG team of Scientist/Engineers/Research Scholars visited K. A. Banthia Marathi Medium School, in New Panvel to interact and Motivate young students. Students were happy to know about Geomagnetism. They also enjoyed on the spot quiz competition. Nearly 700 school students were... more
On Occasion of Children's Day Prof. A.P. Dimr...
On Occasion of Children's Day Prof. A.P. Dimri, Director, IIG inaugurated a playground for kids near staff quarters at New Panvel.  
Team from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi v...
Team from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi visited IIG for academic exchange program on 11th November 2022  
Vigilance Awareness talk by Shri Ganesh Deshmukh,...
Vigilance Awareness talk by Shri Ganesh Deshmukh, Commissioner, Panvel Municipal Corporation on 10 Nov 2022. He talked on "Corruption-free India for a Developed Nation”. He interacted with IIG Scientists to get overview about IIG's Research Activities... more

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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