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No. 263 N E W S L E T T E R December 2005 C o n t e n t s PRIME MINISTER VISITED BARC 1. Prime Minister visited Hon’ble Prime Minister BARC …………….............1 Dr Manmohan Singh inaugurated the 16th Annual Conference of the 2. Prime Minister’s address Indian Nuclear Society on the occasion of th (INSAC-2005) & inauguration of 16 annual conference Supercomputing Facility of Indian Nuclear Society of Bhabha Atomic at BARC …………………. 3 Research Centre on November 15, 2005. Dr S. Banerjee, Director, 3. ³ÖÖ³ÖÖ ¯Ö¸ü´ÖÖÞÖã †®ÖãÃÖÓ¬ÖÖ®Ö BARC, welcomed Hon’ble Ûëú¦ü, ™ÒüÖò´²Öê ´Öë †ÖµÖÖê×•ÖŸÖ Prime Minister Dr ³ÖÖ¸üŸÖßµÖ ®ÖÖ׳ÖÛúßµÖ ÃÖÓãÖÖ Manmohan Singh, Ûêú 16¾Öë ¾ÖÖÙÂÖÛú ÃÖ´´Öê»Ö®Ö Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, Ûêú ˆ¤Ëü‘ÖÖ™ü®Ö Ûêú Hon’ble Chief Minister of ÃÖ´ÖÖ¸üÖêÆü Ûêú †¾ÖÃÖ¸ü ¯Ö¸ü Maharashtra & Mr ¯ÖϬÖÖ®Ö ´ÖÓ¡Öß ÛúÖ ÃÖÓ²ÖÖê¬Ö®Ö ....6 Prithviraj Chavan, Hon’ble Minister of State, PMO, with floral bouquets. Dr R. 4. Superconducting facility Chidambaram, Principal Inaugurated at BARC …..9 Scientific Adviser to Govt. of India & President, 5. Prime Minister presents Indian Nuclear Society, in INS-2004 awards ……… 12 his welcome address said, “Visit of our Prime Dr S. Banerjee, Director, BARC, welcoming Hon'ble Prime Minister Minister to BARC is an Dr Manmohan Singh with a flower bouquet at Central Complex 6. Graduation function of inspiration to the scientific Auditorium, BARC BARC training school …. 26 community”. Dr Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, in his address, referred to the resolve of DAE’s scientific community to achieve the twin objectives of security and energy empowered India. 7. ž¸¸.œ¸.‚. ˆ½¿ÅÍ ˆ½Å ¨¸¾±¸¸¹›¸ˆÅ ˆÅ¸½ ¬¸ŸŸ¸¸›¸ / BARC scientist honoured …………………28 commemorative volumes to capture the entire saga of the growth of developmental activities in the Department. Highlights of PM’s Visit The programme on basic sciences is covered in the book • Inaugurated the Supercomputing Facility of entitled “The Chain Reaction”. The development of nuclear Bhabha Atomic Research Centre on technology is the theme for the second book entitled November 15, 2005. “Atoms with Mission”, and applications of radiation and radioisotopes are featured in the third book entitled “Atoms • Inaugurated the 16th Annual Conference of for Health and Prosperity”. The three commemorative the Indian Nuclear Society (INSAC-2005) volumes were released at the hands of the Hon. Prime Minister. • Released three commemorative volumes of the Golden Jubilee year of the Department Dr Manmohan Singh also gave away INS Awards-2004 to of Atomic energy the scientists & engineers for their outstanding • Gave away INS Awards-2004 to the achievements in the fields of science & technology. INS scientists & engineers for their outstanding Medals were awarded to Mr Chetan Parkash Kaushik, Dr Hari Sharan Misra, Dr U. Kamachi Mudali, Mr Ranjay achievements in the fields of science & Sharan, Ms Sherly Ray and Mr M. Suresh in recognition of technology. their excellent contribution in the fields of science & technology. Dr R Manmohan Singh said that India was keen on INS Awards were presented to Mr Om Prakash Goyal, Mr establishing an environment that was conducive to Sharaf Ali Bohra, Dr Baldev Raj, Dr Tulsi Mukherjee, Dr international cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy Lalit Varshney and Mr Beant Prakash Sharma in view of without compromising the country’s national policy of their outstanding achievements in the field of science & maintaining the strategic requirements. He announced that technology. the Government would double the investment in science and technology and it would be around two percent of INS Science Communication Award-2004 was presented to GDP. Mr Gorachand Chakraborty in view of his dedicated and Dr S. Banerjee, Director, BARC, said that as a part of the sustained efforts for popularisation of science and celebration of the Golden Jubilee year of the Department of technology. Atomic energy, it was planned to publish three Dignitaries on stage (from left) Mr R.K. Sinha, Director, RD & DG, BARC, Dr Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, Dr R. Chidambaram, President, Indian Nuclear Society, Dr Manmohan Singh, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr Prithviraj Chavan, Hon'ble Minister of State, PMO and Dr Srikumar Banerjee, Director, BARC. INS Industrial Excellence Award-2004 was awarded to Advanced Technology Products Division of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Tiruchirappalli. INS Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award-2004 was awarded to Mr Virendra Kumar Sharma for his outstanding contributions related to all facets of Nuclear Energy Programmes of the Department. Dr R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt. of India & President, Indian Nuclear Society, delivered a special lecture on “Frontier in Science and Cutting Edge Technology’. He highlighted the need of our presence in frontier areas in science since we have to close nuclear fuel cycle with thorium and also look at the possibilities of generating nuclear power through fusion or accelerator driven systems. Through developments of technologies, we create national wealth and improve quality of life of our rural population. There is a need to enhance national security since national development is related to it. The programme was attended by a huge gathering of senior scientists/engineers from all over the country. The technical sessions of the 16th Annual Conference of Indian Nuclear Society (INSAC-2005) were held during November 16 – 18, 2005. These sessions covered the entire gamut of scientific disciplines, which constitute the Hon’ble Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh foundation of nuclear technology. The topics discussed addressing at the 16th Annual Conference of Indian included physics, biological aspects, emerging nuclear Nuclear Society energy systems, modeling and mathematical sciences, chemistry, materials, and nuclear applications. In all 33 the great city of Mumbai. I am delighted to join invited talks and 122 poster papers were presented during the Conference. These papers brought out the emerging the Indian Nuclear Society in recognizing trends in different domains of nuclear sciences and excellence in scientific achievement. My good technology. wishes are with you, in particular, today’s award The full text of PM’s address is reproduced below. winners, for your achievements in the cause of science. Prime Minister’s address on the It is a particular pleasure to be here, not merely occasion of inauguration of because the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is th 16 Annual Conference of Indian one of India’s premier institutions, but also Nuclear Society at BARC because it enables me to pay tribute to the vision My esteemed friend Chief Minister of of titans such as Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha and Maharashtra, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukhji, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. This institution symbolizes, my colleague in the PM’s Office Mr Prithviraj in bricks and mortar, their aspirations for our Chavanji, Dr R. Chidambaram, President of the nation. For its part, BARC has lived up to our Indian Nuclear Society, Dr Anil Kakodkar expectations as a Centre of world-class Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, excellence. I also acknowledge our debt to BARC Dr Homi Sethna, former Chairman of the Atomic for training generations of scientists to direct vital Energy Commission, Mr R.K. Sinha, Dr Banerjee, national programmes. Given Dr Bhabha’s abiding Distinguished scientists, ladies and gentlemen, passion for physics, it is fitting that we meet today at the Bhabha Centre, in the International Year of It is always a pleasure to visit this magnificent Physics. And the fact that this also is the campus of the Department of Atomic Energy in centenary year of Einstein’s now-legendary formula E= mc2 makes this a most unique today we speak with pride of our technological opportunity to be with you. capabilities, it is largely due to his vision of a new and modern India. Panditji’s commitment to Ladies and Gentlemen, creating institutions of higher education and In the light of his other magnificent contributions science inspired visionary scientists such as Dr to our nation, it is easy to overlook Dr Bhabha’s Bhabha and Dr Sarabhai to share his dream of a achievements in his own subject. I am told his vibrant, modern and secure India. It is their vision work in elementary particle physics is still cited of selfless service, dedication to science and the among researchers. However, Dr Bhabha’s name indomitable spirit of self-reliance that your Centre will forever be associated with his phenomenal has inherited. contribution to institution-building in the formative Ladies and Gentlemen, years of our Republic. His ability to weave together diverse disciplines in the institutions he In the five decades since the Science Policy built was, of course, legendary. Resolution of 1958, the Department of Atomic Besides his formidable managerial skills, Energy has recorded signal successes. You have Dr Bhabha’s vision of our national development vindicated the faith reposed in you by our country strategy synchronized with that of Prime Minister and I applaud your accomplishments. But we Jawaharlal Nehru. In one of his last public cannot rest on our laurels in this competitive age. addresses in 1966, Dr Bhabha ascribed the The nation has heightened expectations from failure to adopt and continuously assimilate you. We now look to you to help realize our modern technology as an important reason for developmental objectives. We need you to ancient societies such as ours falling behind in redouble your efforts to achieve the long-awaited the race for development. The affinity between Dr quantum jump in power production. Our national Bhabha and Pt. Nehru was based on a common objective involves a substantial increase in the vision that absorption of technology and investing contribution of the nuclear sector in our energy in development of indigenous and appropriate mix, based on the three-stage process through scientific capabilities were a sine qua non for Fast Breeder Reactor technology, culminating in rapid economic development.