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What We Do
Delivering excellence in hydrographic surveying, nautical charting, maritime safety, and capacity building with global standards.
Welcome to Indian Naval Hydrographic Department
The Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) functions under the Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India and serves as the nodal agency for hydrographic surveys and nautical charting in India. In addition, the department conducts defence hydrographic survey critical to naval operations, submarine navigation and maritime domain awareness. INHD ensures safe navigation and international compliance through precise hydrographic data and modern survey practices.
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Training in Hydrography
The Indian Naval Hydrographic Department conducts courses for Hydrographic officers, sailors, technicians and civilians, both from India and abroad. The Long and Basic Hydrographic courses conducted by the National Institute of Hydrography, Goa have been recognised with Cat ‘A’ and ‘B’ certification in accordance with S-5A, First Edition, and version 1.0.2 – Jun 18 of the FIH/IHO/ICA International Board on standards of Competence for Hydrographers and Nautical Cartographers, in 2020.
Hydrographic Surveying
The Indian Naval Hydrographic Department conducts courses for Hydrographic officers, sailors, technicians and civilians, both from India and abroad. The Long and Basic Hydrographic courses conducted by the National Institute of Hydrography, Goa have been recognised with Cat ‘A’ and ‘B’ certification in accordance with S-5A, First Edition, and version 1.0.2 – Jun 18 of the FIH/IHO/ICA International Board on standards of Competence for Hydrographers and Nautical Cartographers, in 2020.
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International Co-op
INHD actively supports friendly foreign nations through hydrographic training programmes, technical collaboration and MoUs. in alignment with the Prime Minister’s vision of MAHASAGAR.
100 Years of Sharing Hydrographic Knowledge & Research
The International Hydrographic Review (IHR) is an international scientific journal publishing
Effectively Mapping and charting
of Remote locations with satellites, lasers and Acoustics
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Effectively Mapping and charting
of Remote locations with satellites, lasers and Acoustics
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Indian Notices to Mariners
This section allows mariners to access all Indian Notices to Mariners individually as well as edition wise. Four type of interactive filters are available for ease of search of corrections to Chart in downloadable pdf format.
Contact us
Please reach us to below contact details for any communications regarding Maritime Safety and publications published by INHD also you can email us at - inho[at]navy[at][dot]gov[dot]in
Maritime Safety Information Service
+91 - 135 - 2746290 - 117
107-A, Rajpur Road,
Post Box – 75, Dehradun –
248001, Uttarakhand, India
inho[at]navy[dot]gov[dot]in
msis-inho[at]navy[dot]gov[dot]in