A coastline of 11,098 km, Exclusive Economic Zone of 2.4 million sq.km and 1382 islands that are currently being instituted as a national capability is known as ocean arc of India.

Science, technology and innovation are leaking out of the laboratory to livelihoods: OTEC-based desalination in Lakshadweep is delivering drinking water daily; digital ocean services are assisting in the safer systems of fishing and navigation; mission-mode exploration is giving native deep-ocean capacity.

A shift towards a Blue Economy is an anchor, standards-based strategy to growth, resiliency and inclusion and all transformed to Viksit Bharat 2047 crusading sustainable innovation, technological development and empowerment.

MoES is grounding a science-first paradigm: discovery, observation, information and

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