Civilian Research
The BARC also conducts research in biotechnology at the Gamma Gardens, and has developed numerous disease resistant and high-yielding crop varieties, particularly groundnuts. It also conducts research in Liquid Metal Magnetohydrodynamics for power generation. Recruitment in BARC is done mainly through its training school(OCES) as group A officers of the government of India.
On 4 June 2005, with the goal of encouraging research in basic sciences, BARC started the Homi Bhabha National Institute. Research institutions affiliated to BARC(Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) include IGCAR (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research), RRCAT (Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology), and VECC (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre).
Power projects that have benefited from BARC expertise but which fall under the NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited) are KAPP (Kakrapar Atomic Power Project), RAPP (Rajasthan Atomic Power Project), and TAPP (Tarapur Atomic Power Project).
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in addition to its nuclear research mandate, also conducts research in other high technology areas like accelerators, micro electron beams, materials design, supercomputers, computer vision among the few. The BARC has dedicated departments for these specialized fields. BARC has designed and developed, for its own use an infrastructure of supercomputers using state of the art technology.
| CAPITAL | REVENUE | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLAN | NON-PLAN | PLAN | NON-PLAN | ||
| Budget estimates 2007-2008 | 629.10 | 0.00 | 13.66 | 632.29 | 1,275.05 crore (US$232.06 million) |
| Final grant 2007-2008 | 610.00 | 0.00 | 21.04 | 693.02 | 1,324.06 crore (US$240.98 million) |
| Actual exp. 2007-2008 | 599.61 | 0.00 | 19.33 | 683.16 | 1,302.10 crore (US$236.98 million) |
| Budget estimates 2008-2009 | 630.10 | 0.00 | 23.45 | 707.60 | 1,361.15 crore (US$247.73 million) |
| Actual exp. 2008-2009 (Up to May 2008) | 55.53 | 0.00 | 4.63 | 154.54 | 214.70 crore (US$39.08 million) |
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