{"id":123794,"date":"2026-09-10T13:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=123794"},"modified":"2026-09-10T13:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:52:24","slug":"orv-sagar-manthan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/orv-sagar-manthan\/","title":{"rendered":"ORV Sagar Manthan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>ORV Sagar Manthan Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Minister for Earth Sciences launched India\u2019s advanced Ocean Research Vessel (ORV) \u2018Sagar Manthan\u2019 at Rishi Bankim Shipyard in Kolkata.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About ORV Sagar Manthan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>indigenous ocean research vessel.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an all-weather<\/span><b>, multidisciplinary platform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed, engineered, and constructed by <\/span><b>Garden Reach Shipbuilders &amp; Engineers Limited <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(GRSE) for the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is constructed under <\/span><b>Vertical-4 (Deep Ocean Survey and Exploration)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Government of India&#8217;s flagship Deep Ocean Mission (DOM).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is engineered to <\/span><b>operate in extreme oceanic environments,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including the Southern Ocean, with a <\/span><b>projected service life of 30 years.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Technical &amp; Operational Features of ORV Sagar Manthan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Advanced Equipment:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is integrated with <\/span><b>dynamic positioning, multibeam bathymetry,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> multichannel seismic systems, sub-bottom profiling, weather radar, drop keels, and deployment facilities for Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Research Spectrum: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will support <\/span><b>multidisciplinary exploration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along the <\/span><b>Indian Ocean mid-oceanic ridges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to identify <\/span><b>multi-metal hydrothermal sulphide mineralisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, establish environmental baselines, collect upper-air data, and undertake CTD profiling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dual-Class Certification:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is built in full compliance with international regulatory standards under <\/span><b>dual-class certification by the Indian Register of Shipping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IRS) and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2308170&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORV Sagar Manthan is an indigenous ocean research vessel. 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