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{{Short description|Indian government agency}}
#REDIRECT [[National Hydrographic Office]]
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'''The Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD'''), headed by the [[Chief Hydrographer]] to the [[Government of India]], is an Indian government agency responsible for hydrographic surveys and nautical charting in India. Its headquarters [[National Hydrographic Office]] is located in [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]] beside the Principal Controller of Defense Accounts Office (Air Force). Presently, the department is equipped with Seven indigenously built survey ships including a [[Makar-class survey catamaran|catamaran hull survey vessel (CHSV)]]. The [[National Institute of Hydrography (India)|National Institute of Hydrography]] is the training institute to impart knowledge regarding [[hydrography]] and to train its personnel.  Two more ships are currently being constructed and is expected to be commissioned into service by 2025-26.
The department is also responsible for making electronic navigational charts officially on behalf of the government of India. The department has also signed memoranda of understanding with various countries for surveying their waters as part of international cooperation.<ref name="INHD - NHO Official">{{cite web|title=Welcome to INHD|url=http://www.hydrobharat.nic.in/views/index.php|website=NHO|publisher=Govt. of India|accessdate=16 January 2022}}</ref>
[[File:INS Makar - 2.jpg|250px|thumbnail|INS Makar used by INHD for surveys]]
==History==
===Pre-independence===
Hydrography in India originated back in the 17th century. The first chart of Indian Ocean was compiled by Thorntons of the [[British East India Company]] in 1703, which is considered as a major step towards the development of nautical charts of India. In 1874,  the Indian Marine Survey Department was established in [[Calcutta]]; later it became a part of [[Royal Indian Marine|Royal Indian Navy]].<ref name="Brief History 1  -NHO Off">{{cite web|title=Brief History 1|url=http://www.hydrobharat.nic.in/views/brief_history.php|website=NHO|accessdate=16 January 2022}}</ref>
===Post-independence===
After Indian independence in 1947, the department continued its functions under the Surveyor-in-Charge of the Marine Survey of India from Bombay. Later the office was shifted to [[Dehradun]] by renaming it as Naval Hydrographic Office headed by Chief Hydrographer of the Navy, which was later re-designated Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India in 1964. In view of international role of India in hydrography, the office was renamed once again in 1997 as National Hydrographic Office.<ref name="Brief History 1  -NHO Off" /> [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] (later [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] and [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]]) [[Jal Cursetji]] was the first Indian to serve as the Chief Hydrographer of the Navy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=60  |date=24 March 1956 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Navy Information Resource and Facilitation Centre - Content |url=http://www.irfc-nausena.nic.in/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=84 |date=2012-04-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120419154106/http://www.irfc-nausena.nic.in/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=84|archive-date = 19 April 2022}}</ref>
==National Hydrographic Office==
The National Hydrographic Office, headed by the Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India, is the headquarters of Indian Naval Hydrographic Department stationed at Dehradun. It is responsible for the publication of nautical charts relating to Indian on behalf of the government.<ref name="Brief History 1  -NHO Off" />
===Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India===
The Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India is the executive head of the Indian Naval Hydrographic Department. The Chief Hydrographer is a [[Vice Admiral (India)|vice admiral]] from the [[Indian Navy]]. The Chief Hydrographer is also the coordinator for charting Area "J" in the [[North Indian Ocean]] and NAVAREA VIII coordinator.<ref name="Chief Hydrographer - NHO" /><ref name="Brief History 2  - NHO Off">{{cite web|title=Brief History 2|url=http://www.hydrobharat.nic.in/views/brief_history1.php|website=NHO|accessdate=16 January 2022}}</ref>
==Organisational structure==
The department is headed by Chief Hydrographer, assisted by a staff officer. The organisation is further divided into 6 divisions.
[[File:Organisational Structure of Indian Naval Hydrographic Department.jpg|600px|center]]
==Ships==
Presently 7 ocean-going survey ships are in service with the department. All these ships belong to Sandhayak class, whose design was adopted as basic one, and later added on with minor changes in tandem with the existing technology, except INS Makar which belongs to Makar class.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Ships in Sandhayak class
|-
!Name !! Pennant No. !! Date of Commission !! Home Port !! Crest\ Emblem\ Image
|-
|{{INS|Nirupak}} || J 20 || 14 August 1985 || [[Visakhapatnam]] ||[[File:INS Nirupak emblem.JPG|75px]]
|-
|{{INS|Investigator|J15|6}} || J 15 || 11 January 1990 || [[Mumbai]] ||[[File:INS Investigator emblem.JPG|75px]] [[File:Exercise Milan 2014 for 17 navies of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium, organised by Indian Navy, Andaman and Nicobar Command (9).jpg|150px]]
|-
|{{INS|Jamuna}} || J 16 || 31 August 1991 || [[Kochi]]||[[File:INS Jamuna emblem.JPG|75px]] [[File:Survey tasking being undertaken by Southern Naval Command ships on World Hydrographic Day 2014.jpg|150px]]<br>INS ''Jamuna'' in the foreground
|-
|{{INS|Sutlej}} || J 17 || 19 February 1993 || Kochi||[[File:INS Sutlej emblem.jpg|75px]] [[File:College students being shown different aspects of hydrography onboard INS Sutlej (4).jpg|150px]]
|-
|{{INS|Sandhayak}} || J 18 || 14 March 1981 (Decommissioned on 04 June 2021) || Visakhapatnam||[[File:INS Sandhayak (J-18) emblem.JPG|75px]] [[File:INS Sandhayak (J-18).JPG|150px]]
|-
|{{INS|Darshak}}|| J 21 || 28 April 2001 || Visakhapatnam||[[File:INS Darshak emblem.jpg|75px]] [[File:INS Darshak in Seychelles.jpg|150px]]
|-
|{{INS|Sarvekshak}}|| J 22 || 14 January 2002 || Kochi||[[File:INS_Savekshak_emblem.JPG|75px]] [[File:Survey tasking being undertaken by Southern Naval Command ships on World Hydrographic Day 2014.jpg|150px]]<br>INS ''Sarvekshak'' in the background
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Ships in Makar  class
|-
!Name !! Pennant No. !! Date of Commission !! Homeport !! Crest\ Emblem\ Image
|-
|[[INS Makar]] || J 31 ||21 Sep 2012|| Karwar||[[File:INS Makar - 1.jpg|150px]]
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Indian Navy]]
[[Category:National hydrographic offices]]

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