Section 5. India is also a member of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programme (COMNAP), Scientif

5. India is also a member of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programme (COMNAP), Scientific Committee of Antarctica Research (SCAR), and CCAMLR, which shows the significant position that India holds among the nations involved in Antarctic research. With an active research station Maitri at Schirmacher Hills and a second station Bharati at Larsemann Hills, including Himadri station in the Arctic, India now belongs to the elite group of nations with multiple research stations within the Polar Regions.