Indian Institute of Geomagnetism

Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai

Type	Research Institution
Established	1971
Director	Professor A P Dimri [1]
Location	Mumbai , Maharashtra , India 19°00′49″N73°06′13″E / 19.0137447°N 73.1036154°E / 19.0137447; 73.1036154
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.iigm.res.in

The Indian Institute of Geomagnetism is an autonomous research institution established by the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology. The facility is engaged in basic and applied research in geomagnetism, as well as allied areas of geophysics, atmospheric physics and space physics, as well as plasma physics. ^[2] The institute currently operates 12 magnetic observatories ^[3] and actively participates in the Indian Antarctic Program. ^[4]

History

The institute was developed as a successor of Colaba Observatory in 1971. The original Observatory was founded in 1826. Its first Director was B. N. Bhargava, appointed in 1971, and held this title until 1979.^{[ citation needed ]}

Research

• Upper Atmosphere
• Solid Earth
• Observatory and Data Analysis
• Antarctica

The institute has collaborated with Kyoto University in Japan, the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, and the National Science Council in Taiwan. ^[5] It established a World Data Center for the topic of Geomagnetism ^[6] that maintains comprehensive sets of analog and digital geomagnetic data, as well as indices of geomagnetic activity supplied from a worldwide network of magnetic observatories.

Centers and Observatories

Location of Regional Laboratories

• Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory, (EGRL), Tirunelveli
• K.S. Krishnan Geomagnetic Research Laboratory, (KSKGRL), Allahabad
• NORTH EAST Geophysical Research Laboratory, (NEGRL), Shillong

Location of Magnetic Observatories

• Alibag
• Allahabad
• Gulmarg
• Jaipur
• Nagpur
• Pondicherry
• Port Blair
• Rajkot
• Shillong
• Silchar
• Tirunelveli
• Visakhapatnam

References

1. "Director message | Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG)". iigm.res.in.
2. "Welcome to Department of Science and Technology, Govt. Of India ::". Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
3. "Magnetic Observatories". iigm.res.in. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
4. "Institutes Members in Indian Antarctica Expeditions". iigm.res.in.
5. "International Collaborations". iigm.res.in.
6. "World Data Center for Geomagnetism, Mumbai". Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

External links

• ^[1]

1. "Indian Institute of Geomagnetism - IIG Mumbai, India". iigm.res.in. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.