Union minister of state for science and technology Dr Jitendra Singh dedicated the ship to the country at a ceremony in the presence of Dr P S Ahuja, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and Dr S W A Naqvi, Director, NIO.
The ship, which is 80 meters long and 17.6 metres wide, can accommodate 57 personnel, an official statement here said.
The ship has ten laboratories with state-of-the art equipment for high precision recording of data and sample acquisition.