Indian Institute of Geomagnetism

Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai
Type Research Institution
Established 1971
Director Professor D.S Ramesh [1]
Location Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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.

Research

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

Location of Magnetic Observatories

Facilities

The institute developed fluxgate magnetometers.[7]

References

External links

  1. ↑ "Indian Institute of Geomagnetism - IIG Mumbai, India". iigm.res.in.
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