An induction program was conducted on Monday, Dec 13, for the newly selected PhD Scholars of the Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) at RRCAT Indore. These scholars will commence their doctoral research from Jan 2022.
Eighteen post graduates in Physics, Engineering Sciences and Life Sciences have been selected for the coveted PhD program here. It was for the first time that the parents and guardians of the scholars were also invited to attend the program and to see the HBNI at RRCAT Indore campus where their wards would be studying and conducting doctoral research for the next five years.
According to Dr Shovan K Majumder, Head of the Laser Biomedical Applications Division at RRCAT Indore and Professor HBNI, “This is an initiative of the RRCAT director Dr S V Nakhe. He wanted the parents to see this beautiful and well equipped campus for themselves.”
After each student had introduced herself / himself the students were given an overview of the HBNI at RRCAT by Dr S R Mishra, Dean-Academics, HBNI-RRCAT. He gave a brief summary of the various research programs being conducted here. He also told the students about the credits that they have to earn as research scholars. He also informed them about the only Synchroton Radiation Sources of the country, Indus-1 and Indus-2, designed and built at RRCAT, which are national facilities busy 24x7 conducting various research experiments for scholars from all over India.