IISF 2021 is being organized jointly by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), and the Ministry of Science and Technology (Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) in collaboration with Vigyan Bharti. IISF 2021 will be held in Panaji, Goa from December 10 to 13. The National Center for Polar and Ocean Research which is an autonomous institute under MoES is its nodal agency.