• The Indian Antarctic Program is a multi-disciplinary(बहु अनुशासनिक), multi-institutional program under the control of National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.
• It was initiated in 1981 with the first Indian expedition(अभियान) to Antarctica.
• The program gained global acceptance with India's signing of the Antarctic Treaty and subsequent construction of the Dakshin Gangotri Antarctic research base in 1983.
• Gangotri base was superseded(अधिक्रमण) by the Maitri base from 1990.
• Bharati is the newest base that was commissioned in 2015, constructed out of 134 shipping containers.
India has carried out over 30 scientific expeditions to the Antarctic as of 14 October 2010.
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