The Nansen Environmental Research Center India (NERCI) was established in 1999 as a joint venture between Indian and Norwegian partners. NERCI conducts basic and applied research projects in ocean sciences funded by national and international agencies, organizations and industry. It is a non‐profit environmental and climate research center within the Nansen Group of research centers, which includes;
• Nansen Environmental Research Centre, Cochin, India.
• Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Bergen, Norway.
• Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia.
• Nansen‐Zhu International Research Centre, Beijing, China.
• Nansen Scientific Society, Bergen, Norway.
• Terra Orbit AS – a research company, Bergen, Norway.
NERCI capitalize on the joint expertise of the Nansen Group.Personnel Nansen Centre (India) is currently functioned by four scientists with two consultant scientists and two administrative and technical staff members. Two Indian doctoral students conduct research at University of Bergen and NERSC, Norway and Cochin University of Science and Technology, are also affiliated with
NERCI. The NERCI scientific research advisory board was consulted for taking guidance for R&D activities and promotion of education and social interaction with institutes in India and abroad.
NANSEN Group's initiative:
• Nansen Fellowship to work at Uni. Bergen/NERSC.
• Norwegian Governmental Quota Programme, Uni. Bergen/ NERSC.
• Joint co-operation in research.
• Exchange of university scientists/ faculty.
• Joint workshops.
• Joint publication of cooperative research.
• Access to the NERCI facilities.
• Sharing Nansen Group’s expertise in emerging fields of Remote Sensing applications.
• Development of algorithms for processing of RS data.
• Development o basic methods for studies of various signal characteristics for RS data.
• Development and applications of advanced coupled ocean model tools.
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