IODC has been recognised as RNODC for Indian Ocean ( RNODC - INDO ) by IODE of IOC. As RNODC the responsibilities of the Centre are:

• Receive, control the quality and store in standard format the physical, chemical,biological and marine geophysical data obtained from the declared National Oceanographic Programmes ( NOP) and research programmes for the Indian Ocean (INDO). Distribute on request the information to the users and provide services to the user community.
  
• Co-operate closely with WDCs-Oceanography and WDC (MGG), sending shipments of complete data sets on magnetic media or in GF3 format, inventories, data summaries and other data products from the Indian Ocean.
  
• Submitting the ROSCOP forms to World Data Centres as and when received by RNODC-INDO.
  
• Maintain data bases and inventories.
  
• Exchange of documentation and software regarding quality control and processing procedures with other RNODCs , WDCs and NODCs.
  
• Conduct formal or informal training sessions for data centre personnel involved in the region.
  
• Annual report on the progress of RNODC-INDO to the group of experts on RNODCs and Global programmes and to the IOC committee on IODE.