Tag Archives: Department of Atomic Energy
India-based neutrino oblivion
In a conversation with science journalist Nandita Jayaraj, physicist and Nobel laureate Takaaki Kajita touched on the dismal anti-parallels between the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) and the Japanese Kamioka and Super-Kamiokande observatories. The INO’s story should be familiar to readers … Continue reading
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Tagged ASHA workers, Challakere science city, COVID-19 pandemic, Department of Atomic Energy, India-based Neutrino Observatory, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Kamioka, Naba K Mondal, Nandita Jayaraj, Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector, Takaaki Kajita, The Hindu
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On India’s new ‘Vigyan Puraskar’ awards
The Government of India has replaced the 300 or so awards for scientists it used to give out until this year with the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP), a set of four awards with 56 laureates, The Hindu has reported. Unlike … Continue reading
Posted in Op-eds, Science
Tagged Bhatnagar Award, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Biotechnology, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Space, Khader Vali Dudekula, Millennium Plaque of Honour, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Ministry of Environment, PIO, Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar, The Hindu, women in STEM
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Review of a review: ‘Rocket Boys’ (2022)
Tanul Thakur has reviewed a series on SonyLIV called Rocket Boys for The Wire. I haven’t watched the show and don’t plan to, for want of time as well as because, reading Thakur’s review, I think I know enough about how the series depicts the … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Atomic Energy, Homi Jehangir Bhabha, ISRO, Rocket Boys, scientific superpower, Vikram Sarabhai
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Physics Nobel rewards neutrino work, but has sting in the tail for India
As neutrino astronomy comes of age, the Nobel Foundation has decided to award Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald with the physics prize for 2015 for their discovery of neutrino oscillations – a property which indicates that the fundamental particle has … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur B. McDonald, Bruno Pontecorvo, Department of Atomic Energy, IceCUBE neutrino observatory, India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO), Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), Kolar Gold Fields, neutrino mass hierarchy, neutrino oscillations, neutrinos, Physics Nobel, Standard Model, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector, Takaaki Kajita
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On the need for the India-based Neutrino Observatory
“I bet @1amnerd disagrees with this” was how Kapil Subramanian’s piece in The Hindu today was pointed out to me on Twitter. Titled ‘India must look beyond neutrinos’, the piece examines if India should be a “global leader in science” … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdul Kalam, Department of Atomic Energy, India-based Neutrino Observatory, R&D, spin-offs
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For once, a case against the DAE.
I met with physicist M.V. Ramana on February 18, 2013, for an interview after his talk on nuclear energy in India at the Madras Institute of Development Studies. He is currently appointed jointly with the Nuclear Futures Laboratory and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Hirschman, Chernobyl, Department of Atomic Energy, Fukushima dai-ichi, Indian government, Kudankulam nuclear power plant, M.V. Ramana, Nuclear power
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