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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

India is one of the CERN member States

 CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's leading laboratory for particle physics. It has its headquarters in Geneva. At present, its Member States are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. India, Israel, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Turkey, the European Commission and UNESCO have Observer status.Source: CERN

Scientists of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) will be webcasting Wednesday's event in Geneva through its bandwidth, for the benefit of media as well as the scientists, Prof Atul Gurtu, senior scientist, department of high energy physics, TIFR said. 

Indian laboratories, led by Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) at Indore, have contributed substantially towards construction of the accelerator (LHC) itself, with many components being fabricated by Indian industry and supplied to CERN, Gurtu said.

Towards the scientific side, two Indian teams are participating in different experiments. More


“It has been a fascinating and rewarding experience for us,” said Vinod  C. Sahni, Director of India’s Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, “I extend our best wishes to CERN for a productive run with the LHC machine in the years to come.”  More

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