Panaji (thestates.news) | The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, today visited the CSIR–National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) in Panaji, Goa. Addressing scientists, researchers and students at the Institute, the Vice-President said that for Bharat, with a coastline of nearly 11,000 kilometres, the ocean was not merely a resource but a living ecosystem to respect and protect. He observed that India’s seas were not boundaries separating the country from the world, but bridges connecting it to global trade, energy security, economic prosperity and strategic strength.
Highlighting India’s maritime heritage, the Vice President noted that for centuries the Indian Ocean had shaped India’s civilisation, with ancient Indian traders, scholars and navigators building cultural and economic ties across the seas.(s-pib)
