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Indian Naval Hydrographic Department

The Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) functions under the Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India. The Department, being the nodal agency for Hydrographic surveys and Nautical charting in India, has a very well established organizational setup. INHD has seven indigenously built modern survey ships including one Catamaran Hull Survey Vessel (CHSV) fitted with state-of-the-art surveying equipment and a well established ‘National Institute of Hydrography’ which is the Centre for imparting training in Hydrography accredited by International Hydrographic Organisation for National and International trainees.

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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.

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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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See all applicable NavArea, Navtex and T&P notice digitally.

Nautical Publications

Download Free and paid Publication of National Hydrographic Department of India.

Online Catalogue

This catalogue provides a comprehensive and up-to-date reference of INHO paper charts and Electronics navigational charts (ENC).

Chart Agents

National Hydrographic Office has a network of chart agents for Sale of paper charts and publications click here to see there details.

International Co-op

India has a world class Hydrographic Office, seven ocean-going platforms, well trained manpower and conducts internationally recognized training courses.

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100 Years of Sharing Hydrographic Knowledge & Research

The International Hydrographic Review (IHR) is an international scientific journal publishing

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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.

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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

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