50 YEARS OF PIONEERING R & D IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE

摘要

To mark the beginning of the Golden Jubilee Year celebrations of BARC, a function was organised on Friday afternoon, January 20, 2006 in the Central Complex Auditorium, BARC, which was devoted to the "Reminiscences of Early Days". Twenty eight scientists from within and outside Mumbai, who were instrumental in shaping India's nuclear programme during its formative years, were specially invited, to attend the function. Dr H.N. Sethna, Dr P.K. lyengar, Mr S.D. Soman, Dr V.K. lya, Prof. B.M. Udgaonkar, Mr S.M. Sundaram, Dr G. Venkataraman, Mr R.K. Garg, Dr N. Kondal Rao, Prof. R.Y Deshpande, Mr S. Sen, Mr T.K.S. Murthy, Mr N. Veeraraghavan and Dr K.S. Venkateswarlu reminisced about the institution's early days and recalled the challenges and the excitement of working in the pioneering field of atomic and nuclear physics, under the guidance of Dr Homi Bhabha.