Overview

For centuries the world's oceans have provided us a means of travel, trade, exploration and defense, as well as a source of nutrition and wealth. As our knowledge of these vast water bodies grows, so does our grasp of their potential to fulfill a variety of our needs. We are now becoming increasingly aware of the vital role played by the oceans in the fulfillment of our economic, social and recreational requirements.

Oceanography, the science of the oceans, is today of great significance to developing countries. The contiguous Indian coastline stretching along approximately 6,500 kms, to demarcate a large, exclusive economic zone-offers great scope for exploitation.

A career in oceanography is bound to provide both challenge and opportunity to those with an intrinsic curiosity about the world around them, a true sense of excitement in the discovery of the truth, and a desire to venture into the vast realm of the unknown, which exists within our oceans.