Vice Chancellor of Vinoba Bhave University Mukul Nayan Dev along with three post graduate department professors had visited the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai. The team stayed in the centre for two days. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre director has assured the VC and teachers to assist in research schemes in Vinoba Bhave University.
The VC said in his chamber that the university has taken the decision that a team of teachers will visit the BARC and watch the working pattern and laboratory of the centre.
During the two day visit the teachers along with the VC took stock of the research centres and other parts of the research facility. The team also met with the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre AK Mohanti and conveyed the research activities of the Vinoba Bhave University.
The team of the teachers requested the Director to cooperate with the university in the research schemes which are running in the university. The director assured the team members to give full cooperation in the field of research.
The team members also met with the lab in-charge AK Tyagi, AK Baury, SM Yusuf, Dr Uddippa, Himal Bhatt and RP Tokash and tried to get the information regarding the schemes in the centre.
The team members also visited Dhruva Nuclear reactor, Gamma irradiation
technique and food processing centre to get the knowledge.
The VC said that the objective of sending the team was to know the different fields of research, which can be helpful to the research scholar of this university. The team member will submit the report of their visit, then VBU has to decide in which field the Memorandum of Understanding can be done.