INCOIS was established in 1999 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. INCOIS through Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) is the nodal agency to provide tsunami advisories to India. It is coordinating with the Disaster Management Officials (DMOs) for implementation of Tsunami Ready programme in India. It conducts IOWave Tsunami mock exercises biannually to strengthen the readiness to handle emergency situations with stakeholders. INCOIS also identifies the Potential Fishing Zones (PFZ) for the fishermen community. It has also made improvement in overcoming the cloud cover through the usage of geostationary satellites and numerical modelling. INCOIS has also partnered with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) to develop a satellite-based message broadcasting service through the indigenous navig...