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VIGYAN SAMAGAM

Bengaluru Event

The “Vigyan Samagam” began its second leg on 29th July, at the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore (VITM) and will run tiill 28th September, 2019. The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Member AEC & Chairman RGSTC, Mumbai, along with Prof. V. S Ramamurthy, Emeritus professor, NIAS, Bengaluru. The ITER week will be held from 20-24 August, 2019 at the VITM, Bangalore. In addition to popular talks, IPR and ITER-India will be exhibiting interactive exhibits on plasma and its applications during the ITER week at the Vigyan Samagam.

During the technical talks, on behalf of ITER project, talks were delivered by Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai and Dr. Eisuke Tada, DDG, ITER, while Mr. Dilshad Sulaiman convened the event. Panel discussion on ITER project execution with Indian industry and the role of academia. This session is conducted by Shri. Shrishail Padasalagi (Project Manager IWS ITER-India) and had panellists Shri Narayan Rao (Ex CMD, Midhani) Shri Prasanth Shakamuri (MD, HHV) and Shri Praveen Bhatt (Head Nuclear PBU, L&T Heavy Engineering, who is in-charge of ITER cryostat manufacturing activities). Shri Bhatt joined the discussions over video conferencing.

(L) Releasing the technical publication “Anu Tarang” during the inauguration (R) Opening of the exhibition

Dr. Anil Kakodkar and Prof. V. S Ramamurthy at the ITER stall of the exhibition

(L) Dr. Ensukie Tada and (R ) Dr. Sivathanu Pillai delivering their talks during the technical session of the inaugural function.

Shri Shrishail Padasalagi conducting the panel discussion

Images from the ITER Exhibition Stall

Shri. K. N. Vyas, Secretary DAE and Chairman AEC, at the ITER stall

Prof. Jayant Narlikar at the ITER stall