Over 20-30 institutes from all over India participate in the Indian Antarctic Program. Many of the projects are long-term while few are for a short period of 2-4 years. The Indian Antarctic Program is broadly categorised under four sections with “Climate Change” being the broader theme.

·         Atmospheric Sciences

•  Theme 1: Climate Dynamics

•  Theme 2: Atmosphere-Cryosphere Interactions

•  Theme 3: Space Weather

·         Biological Sciences

•  Theme 1: Molecular ecology of Antarctic cryosphere

•  Theme 2: Adaptation strategies in terrestrial and aquatic habitats

•  Theme 3:  Sea-ice ecosystems

•  Theme 4: Terrestrial flora and fauna: Physiology and population dynamics

•  Theme 5: Food-web dynamics

•  Theme 6: Search for novel bioactive molecules and processes

•  Theme 7: Genomics

·         Earth Science and Glaciology

•  Theme 1: Past-climate from Lakes, Coastal deposits and soils

•  Theme 2: Sea-Ice Biogeochemistry

•  Theme 3: Quaternary Paleoclimate reconstruction using biological proxies

•  Theme 4: Comprehensive atlas of lakes of Schirmacher and Larsemann Hills

•  Theme 5: Deglaciation history of Antarctic Oases

•  Theme 6: Gondwana-India-Antarctica

•  Theme 9: Mapping of Jutulstraumen-Penckstraumen Rift Zone

•  Theme 10: Meteorite Search

•  Theme 11: Antarctic Geology and Geophysics

•  Theme 12: Cryosphere Studies – strategic science plan for Antarctica

·         Environmental Sciences

·         Human Physiology and Medicine