Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, a unit of Tata Institute of Fundamantal Research, has set up a unique facility for radio astronomical research using the metrewavelengths range of the radio spectrum, known as the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT).
It is located at a site about 80 km north of Pune.

GMRT consists of 30 fully steerable gigantic parabolic dishes of 45m diameter each spread over distances of upto 25 km. GMRT is one of the most challenging experimental programmes in basic sciences undertaken by Indian scientists and engineers.