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28/11/20 12:31 PM IST

GMRT accorded prestigious IEEE Milestone status

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The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) has been selected as a 'Milestone' facility by the U.S.-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Highlights

  • It was nominated due to the global impact of GMRT with users from over 40 countries and the fact that it was designed and built entirely in India.
  • This is only the third such IEEE 'Milestone' recognition for an Indian contribution.
  • The previous two Indian IEEE Milestones were for the pioneering work done by Sir J.C. Bose to demonstrate the generation and reception of radio waves in 1895 (recognised in 2012), and for the Nobel Prize-winning (in 1930) 'scattering of light' phenomenon observed by Sir C.V. Raman in 1928.
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT)
GMRT is a very versatile instrument for investigating a variety of radio astrophysical problems ranging from nearby Solar system to the edge of observable Universe.

Objectives 

  • To detect the highly redshifted spectral line of neutral Hydrogen expected from protoclusters or protogalaxies before they condensed to form galaxies in the early phase of the Universe and
  • To search for and study rapidly-rotating Pulsars in our galaxy.
 IEEE
  • IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organisation dedicated to advancing technology in all areas related to electrical and electronics engineering.
  • The IEEE Milestones programme honours significant technical achievements which have global or regional impact.

Source: The Hindu

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