Indira Gandhi Centre For Atomic Research - Collaborations

Collaborations

The interaction with IIT-M started in 1995 through two collaborative projects, which were initiated with late Dr. R.S. Alwar, eminent professor in Applied Mechanics. The first project was on simulation of thermal shock on the control plug mockup and the second was on simulation of thermal striping in the core structure. An MoU was established on July 19, 1997 for the formation of ‘IGCAR- IITM Cell’ with Prof. R. Natarajan (then Director, IIT-M) as Chairman and late Dr. Placid Rodriguez as Co-Chairman. Prof. K.V.S. Rama Rao was Dean, ICSR during that period. In the first cell meeting held on February 26, 1997, seven projects were identified. Based on the decisions taken in the meeting, four projects with a funding to the tune of eighty eight lakhs were sanctioned. In the past thirteen years, twenty five meetings of the IGCAR-IITM cell have been conducted. Already twenty nine projects have bee completed with the funds to the tune of 405 lakhs and fifteen projects are in progress with a funding of 340 lakhs.