The Chhatrapati Shivaji Institute of Technology (CSIT) has been selected by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, as the lone Private Engineering College in Chhattisgarh to be holding its outreach programme on Monday ( September 22) at the NIT, Raipur.
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (BARC) under its Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Department of Atomic Energy will be holding a nation-wide outreach program comprising seminars and exhibitions on BARC technologies.
BARC through its public awareness programmes is reaching out to academic as well as R&D institutions and industries across the nation.
The outreach programme to be held in the form of a seminar titled ‘Nuclear Technology: Innovative Solutions for Future Challenges’ according to Dr Amit Agrawal, Professor and Head Electronics and Telecommunication, CSIT.
Dr Agrawal while talking to reporters here on Saturday stated that a nine-member team of senior scientists of BARC Mumbai will be present for the outreach programme.
At the programme, working models of products manufactured in BARC projects will be showcased besides a Poster Exhibition will be held which will cover the field of Health and Biomedical instrumentation, Agriculture, Food Preservation and land utilization, , Desalination, Drinking Water, Rural Empowerment, Industrial Application, Electricity Generation for peaceful use of Atomic Energy and National Security.
During the exhibition, the farmers will be provided detailed information about functioning of Farmers Production Conservation Centre set up by BARC at lasa village in Nasik district of Maharashtra.