Editing Indian Antarctic Programme (section)

{{Short description|Scientific programme started in 1981}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}

[[File:An ariel view of the Indian Station Maitri, Antarctica on February 2,2005 (1).jpg|thumb|An aerial view of the Indian Station Maitri on 25 February 2005]]

The '''Indian Antarctic Programme''' is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional programme under the control of the [[National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research]], [[Ministry of Earth Sciences (India)|Ministry of Earth Sciences]], [[Government of India]]. It was initiated in 1981 with the first Indian expedition to [[Antarctica]].<ref name=Walawalkar05&Gad08>Walawalkar (2015), Gad (2008)</ref> The programme gained global acceptance with India's signing of the [[Antarctic Treaty System|Antarctic Treaty]] and subsequent construction of the [[Dakshin Gangotri]] Antarctic research base in 1983,<ref name=Walawalkar05&Gad08/> superseded by the [[Maitri (research station)|Maitri]] base from 1989. The newest base commissioned in 2012 is [[Bharati (research station)|Bharati]], constructed out of 134 [[shipping container]]s.  Under the programme, [[atmospheric science|atmospheric]], [[biological science|biological]], [[earth science|earth]], [[chemistry|chemical]], and [[medical science]]s are studied by India, which has carried out 40 scientific expeditions to the Antarctic.
[[File:Zaman (1).jpg|thumb|Mohammed Ghous uzzaman, a member of 7th Indian Antarctic Expedition Team at library, Dakshin Gangotri. (26 January 1988)|alt=]] [[File:Zaman (2).jpg|thumb|Mohammed Ghous uzzaman (Left) and M.Vyghreswara Rao (Right), members of 7th Indian Antarctic Expedition Team at Dakshin Gangotri, Antarctica. (26 January 1988)|alt=]] [[File:Bajaj-Polar-1.jpg|thumb|Col. Jatinder Kumar Bajaj, a member of one of the Indian expeditions to Antarctica, standing at the South Pole (17 January 1989)|alt=]]

[[File:Deck of the excursion ship Finnpolaris.jpg|thumb|Deck of the excursion ship Finnpolaris which was used for the second Indian expedition to Antartica.]]