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'''Bharati''' is a permanent [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] research station commissioned by [[India]]. It is India's third Antarctic research facility and one of two active Indian research stations, alongside [[Maitri (research station)|Maitri]]. India's first committed research facility, [[Dakshin Gangotri]], is being used as a supply base. India has demarcated an area beside the [[Larsemann Hills]] at 69°S, 76°E for construction. The research station has been operational since 18 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Abhai Mishra & Bhagwati Prasad|url=http://stampsofindia.com/readroom/Bharati.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915014644/http://stampsofindia.com/readroom/Bharati.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2012|publisher=Stamps of India|access-date=11 September 2016|title=Inauguration of India's new Antarctic Station 'Bharati'}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Paul Fernandes | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Indias-station-in-Antarctic-operational/articleshow/14415706.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725220423/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-26/goa/32423797_1_antarctic-treaty-ncaor-larsemann-hills | url-status=live | archive-date=25 July 2013 | location=Delhi, India | title=India's station in Antarctic operational | date=26 June 2012|work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> Since its completion, India has become one of nine nations to have multiple stations within the [[Antarctic Circle]]. Bharati's research mandate focuses on oceanographic studies and the phenomenon of continental breakup. It also facilitates research to refine the current understanding of the Indian subcontinent's geological history. News sources have referred to the station as "'''Bharathi'''",<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/20/stories/2009022052310500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411063558/http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/20/stories/2009022052310500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 April 2009 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Third Antarctica research station by 2011 | date=20 February 2009}}</ref> "'''Bharti'''"<ref name="timesofindia">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025174421/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-06/chennai/28199800_1_antarctica-new-station-maitri "Bharti to be 3rd Indian station in Antarctica"], ''The Times of India'', 6 August 2009</ref> and "'''Bharati'''".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/holnus/008200902161911.htm | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Budget boost for gas hydrates, polar sciences research | date=16 February 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107085557/http://www.hindu.com/holnus/008200902161911.htm | archive-date=7 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ncaor.gov.in/  Activities at Maitri & Bharati<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 
[[File:Bharati_permanent_Antarctic_research_station.jpg|thumb|Bharati [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] research station |center|363x363px]]

==Facilities==
The project for setting up of the ground was undertaken by the [[Electronics Corporation of India Limited]] (ECIL) from the [[National Remote Sensing Centre]] (NRSC) for a contract value of {{INRConvert|230|c}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/bharti-to-be-3rd-indian-station-in-antarctica/articleshow/4861655.cms#:~:text=CHENNAI%3A%20Twenty%2Dfive%20years%20after,edge%20research%20in%20various%20fields.|title=Bharti to be 3rd Indian station in Antarctica &#124; Chennai News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The station building, with a floor area of {{convert|2162|m2|sqft}}, was constructed in 127 days.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ncpor.res.in/antarcticas/display/369-significant-achievements- |title=NCPOR Significant Achievements |publisher=[[National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research]] |website=[[National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research]] |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref> The station can host a total of 72 personnel, 47 in the main building all year round<ref name="comnap-catalogue"/> and an additional 25 in shelters during summer. The main station building is supported by a fuel farm and station, sea water pump and a summer camp.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ncpor.res.in/antarcticas/display/377-bharati |title=Bharati Research Station |publisher=[[National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research]] |website=[[National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research]] |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref>

This station is also being utilized by the [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO) for Antarctica Ground Station for [[Earth observation satellite|Earth Observation Satellites]] (AGEOS), for receiving [[Indian Remote Sensing Satellite|Indian Remote sensing Satellite]] (IRS) (like [[Cartosat-2|CARTOSAT-2]], [[SCATSAT-1]], [[Resourcesat-2A|RESOURCESAT-2/2A]] and [[CARTOSAT-1]] satellites) raw data and beaming back this high-speed satellite raw data in real time from Bharati Station to NRSC in [[Hyderabad]] for processing the images since mid 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aboutus_Org_DRS {{!}} NRSC Web Site |url=https://www.nrsc.gov.in/Aboutus_NRSC_DRS?language_content_entity=en |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=www.nrsc.gov.in}}</ref>

In 2007, ECIL also established the communication link between Maitri, the second Indian research station in Antarctica, and the [[National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research]] (NCPOR). Among others, research on tectonics and geological structures would be undertaken at Bharati Station by Indian scientists.<ref>{{cite news|title=State of the art Bharati station to come up soon|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/article3374556.ece?homepage=true|access-date=6 May 2012 | location=Chennai, India|work=The Hindu|first=Y.|last=Mallikarjun|date=2 May 2012}}</ref>

India also became the first nation to use the shipping containers as integral part of construction and hence constructing its base in record time and money.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gendall|first=John|date=2020-01-06|title=The Coolest Architecture on Earth Is in Antarctica|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/science/antarctica-architecture.html|access-date=2020-09-14|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Discoveries and achievements==
In January 2017, [[Felix Bast]], one of the scientists on the 36th Indian expedition to the Antarctic, discovered a new [[moss]] species at [[Larsemann Hills]], near the Bharati research station, and named it ''[[Bryum bharatiense]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-08|title=India discovers new plant species in Antarctica|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57732014|access-date=2021-07-08}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Australian Antarctic Territory]]
* [[Dakshin Gangotri]] First Indian station 1983, converted to support base
* [[Maitri (research station)|Maitri]] Second Indian station 1989
* [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] 
* [[Defence Institute of High Altitude Research]]
* [[Indian Antarctic Program]]
* [[Indian Astronomical Observatory]]
* [[Jantar Mantar, Jaipur]]
* [[National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research]]
* [[Siachen Base Camp (India)]]
* [[Antarctic field camps|List of Antarctic field camps]]
* [[Research stations in Antarctica#List of research stations|List of Antarctic research stations]]
* [[List of highest astronomical observatories]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ncaor.gov.in/ National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research]

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