Aims and Objectives

          The International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR) is an elite society of academicians, scientists, and researchers over the world who are interested in or engaged in the research and education on the history of Earth, its environment and resources, as well as planetary equivalents.   IAGR is a non-profit organization (NPO) that promotes, co-ordinates and advances global research on supercontinents, with particular emphasis on Gondwana.  IAGR aims at the integration and dissemination of knowledge on Earth history and geological processes for sustaining the human society. IAGR is a member of the Union of International Associations (UIA).

            IAGR is governed by an elected Council (Executive Council) comprising President, Secretary General, Vice Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurer, and supported by Advisory Council and Steering Committee. IAGR organizes its Annual Convention every year together with International Conference on Gondwana to Asia in various countries attended by elite delegates, officials and editors from various parts of the world. The International Geoscience Journal “Gondwana Research” is the official publication of IAGR.

Latest 10 chronological history of IAGR conferences

• IAGR 2026 – Chiang Mai, Thailand (November 11-15, 2026)

• IAGR 2025 – Seoul, Republic of Korea (November 2-6, 2025)

• IAGR 2024 – Kuching, Malaysia (November 18-22, 2024)

• IAGR 2023 – Niigata, Japan (October 7-12, 2023)

• IAGR 2022 – Chengdu, China (September 23-27, 2022)

• IAGR 2021 – Qingdao, China (September 17-20, 2021)

• IAGR 2020 – Novosibirsk, Russia (August 30 – September 7, 2020)

• IAGR 2019 – Kochi, Japan (November 8-12, 2019)

• IAGR 2018 – Xi'an, China (September 24-28, 2018)

• IAGR 2017 – Bangkok, Thailand (November 14-17, 2017)