NIO

The National Institute of Oceanography, founded on 1 January 1966,is an autonomous research organization in India to undertake scientific research and studies of special oceanographic features of the Northern Indian Ocean.

Leela was commissioned by the National Institute Of Oceanography to work and edit parts of a book for their institute. We wanted to create something that went beyond a hagiography of an institution or just some glossy book filled with dates and accomplishments. The world of Oceanography, a discipline that maintains a deep mystique despite it’s scientific roots, opened itself to us. The wonder of the hermit crab, all the wonders yet to be unraveled by marine archeology, the mechanics that went behind the a shipping vessel, all of these things started mattering to us immensely. And then of course, the campus itself at Dona Paula, a charming side of Goa, which turned us into oceanographers for our stint there!