NCPOR, Goa signed a contract with M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Limited, Kolkata on 16.07.24 for building a new Ocean Research Vessel for the deep ocean explorations. The new multidisciplinary research vessel will be built in the Indian shipyard under the “Atmanirbhar Bharat” initiative of the Government of India.The contract was inked between M. M. Subramaniam, Head, Vessel Operation & Management, NCPOR and Cdr. Shantanu Bose, Director of Shipbuilding for GRSE on 16 July 2024 at NCPOR in the presence of Dr. Thamban Meloth, Director of NCPOR and Cdr(Dr) PK Srivastava, Programme Head, Ministry of Earth Sciences Government of India, Government of India.