The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) was established on 1st January 1966 following the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) in the 1960s. The Institute has campuses in various locations with its headquarters at Dona Paula, Goa, and regional centres at Kochi, Mumbai and Visakhapatnam. The institute is one of the 37 constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. NIO is committed to providing a positive learning environment and opportunities for students to excel. It has two research vessels RV Sindhu Sankalp (56 m) and RV Sindhu Sadhana (80 m) that are equipped for multidisciplinary oceanographic observations.
The Institute offers many courses that are divided into departments like:
- Biological Oceanography
- Chemical Oceanography
- Geological Oceanography
- Marine Archaeology
- Marine Instrumentation
- Ocean Engineering
- Physical Oceanography
- Oceanography Orientation Division
