• 9964432222
  • Mail Us
  • Appointment
  • Locate Us
  • Chat Now
  • Courses
  • Login
  • Register
Manifest IAS
JournalsOfIndia
Advertisement
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
JournalsOfIndia
No Result
View All Result
Home Foreign Affairs

SAGAR MAITRI (SM) Mission-2

September 2, 2019
in Security, Foreign Affairs
Reading Time: 3 mins read
0
312
VIEWS
Share on WhatsAppShare on TelegramShare on Facebook
image_pdfMake PDF

Source: Press Information Bureau

India launched expedition SAGAR MAITRI 2 in its bid to enhancing research and strengthening relationships with important South-East Asian countries. The Ministry of Defence has mentioned that INS Sagardhwani, a Marine Acoustic Research Ship (MARS) of the Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi and operated by the Indian Navy has set sail from Kochi for a two-month-long scientific mission called ‘Marine & Allied Interdisciplinary Training and Research Initiative (MAITRI)

Key highlights 

  • SAGAR MAITRI Mission-2 commemorates the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of India’s lone research ship INS Kistna’s missions as part of the historic International Indian Ocean Expeditions(IIOE), which took place during 1962-65. 
  • As part of the mission, INS Sagardhwani will revisit the selected tracks of INS Kistna and provide NPOL scientists ample opportunities to collaborate and garner a close working relationship with the oceanographic counterparts of the Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries.
  • The mission by the Indian Navy and NPOL is a step towards enhancing this research and strengthening relationships with South East Asian countries and is, therefore, being termed as SAGAR MAITRI.

About SAGAR MAITRI

  • SAGAR MAITRI is a unique initiative of DRDO which aligns with the broad objective of Prime Minister’s policy declaration “Safety And Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR)”  to promote closer co-operation in socio-economic aspects as well as greater scientific interaction especially in ocean research among Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries.
  • Under the aegis of PM’s policy, specific scientific component of DRDO is “MAITRI (Marine & Allied Interdisciplinary Training and Research Initiative)”.
  • The prime objectives of the SAGAR MAITRI Mission are data collection from the entire North Indian Ocean, focussing on the Andaman Sea and adjoining seas and establishing long-term collaboration with eight IOR countries in the field of ocean research and development.
  • The programme also aims at establishing long term scientific collaboration with these countries in the field of ‘Ocean Research & Development’ and data collection with a focus in the Andaman Sea.
  • The other IOR countries, includes Oman, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Myanmar. 
  • First Sagar Maitri mission was held in April 2019, when the ship visited Yangon, Myanmar. 
  • The Indian Navy and NPOL have been jointly working in the field of Research & Development of Sonar Systems, technologies for underwater surveillance and study of the ocean environment and underwater materials.
  • NPOL is continuously striving to enhance the performance of underwater sensors by undertaking research in underwater acoustics and physical oceanographic conditions through its platform INS Sagardhwani which is fitted with state of the art equipment, including newly fitted wave height measuring radar for this purpose.

About INS Sagarwani

  • INS Sagardhwani has been designed and developed by Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, a premier systems laboratory of DRDO. 
  • It conducts ocean research experiments in the Indian waters and spearheads NPOL’s at-sea data collection activities.
  • Indigenously built INS Sagardhwani was on 30 Jul 1994 will also be celebrating its Silver Jubilee. 

 

image_pdfMake PDF
Tags: Prelims

Related Posts

President Kovind’s visit to Jamaica

President Kovind’s visit to Jamaica

May 19, 2022
Indigenous frontline warships – Surat and Udaygiri

Indigenous frontline warships – Surat and Udaygiri

May 18, 2022
First International Migration Review Forum (IMRF)

First International Migration Review Forum (IMRF)

May 18, 2022
Sri Lanka’s 21st Constitutional Amendment

Sri Lanka’s 21st Constitutional Amendment

May 18, 2022
International Museum Day

International Museum Day

May 16, 2022
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)

May 16, 2022
Intersolar Europe 2022

Intersolar Europe 2022

May 14, 2022
Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA)

Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA)

May 13, 2022
Protected Mobility Vehicles

Protected Mobility Vehicles

May 13, 2022
Integrated Battle Groups (IBG)

Integrated Battle Groups (IBG)

May 12, 2022
Please login to join discussion
JournalsOfIndia

Our vision is to orient the readers to grasp the facts objectively and analyse critically. In the rush of reaching first to the readers, the websites miss the balanced opinion, which is the need of the hour. We aim to reach the readers with more crispness, preciseness and relevance. We bring the articles in UPSC way for the civil services aspirants and the Wisest Way for general readers.

Categories

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tag

AIR BBC Business Standard CNN Deccan Herald DownToEarth Down to Earth DTE Economic Times ET GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express India today Indiatoday Kurukshetra LiveMint Mains News News Paper Newspaper PIB PIB & The Hindu pre Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The Hindustan Times The India Express The Indian Express The New Indian Express Times of India TOI TOPPERS UNDP website Wikipedia Yojana

Newsletter

The most important UPSC news and events of the day.

Get Journals daily newsletter on your inbox.

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • SNIPPETS
  • ARTICLES
  • BROWSE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In