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The Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) is located in Muthorai near Ooty, in South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1] It is part of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) [2] [3] [4] of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), which is funded by the Government of India through the Department of Atomic Energy. [5]
Astronomy Centre: 1982 ... Ooty Radio Telescope: 1970 Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India ... Mexico City, Mexico Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory: 1986
In 1970, TIFR started research in radio astronomy with the setting up of the Ooty Radio Telescope. Encouraged by the success of ORT, Govind Swarup persuaded J. R. D. Tata to help set up the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope near Pune, India. [8] TIFR attained the official deemed university status in June 2002. [9]
The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR) is a institute for radio astronomy in India. Research activities at NCRA-TIFR are centered on low frequency radio astronomy, with research in a wide range of areas, including solar physics, pulsars, active galactic nuclei, the interstellar medium, supernova remnants, the Galactic Center, nearby ...
Govind Swarup (March 23, 1929 – September 7, 2020) was a pioneer in radio astronomy.In addition to research contributions in multiple areas of astronomy and astrophysics, he was a driving force behind the building of "ingenious, innovative and powerful observational facilities for front-line research in radio astronomy".
The GRAPES-3 experiment (or Gamma Ray Astronomy PeV EnergieS phase-3) located at Ooty in India started as a collaboration of the Indian Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and the Japanese Osaka City University, and now also includes the Japanese Nagoya Women's University.
Dhruba J. Saikia FNAsc is an Indian astrophysicist and radio astronomer, with a keen interest in education, especially higher education. He was a professor at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), [1] part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) where he worked for over 40 years and is now at the IUCAA where he heads the Teaching Learning Centre and the National ...
The average literacy of the city in 2011 was 90.2%, ... The Ooty Radio Telescope was completed in 1970 and is part of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics ...