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Govind Swarup's article in Nuclear India on the Kalyan Array
1965
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mumbai, India
Govind Swarup's article in Nuclear Science, the newsletter of the Atomic Energy Establishment, describing the contruction of the solar telescope array at Kalyan, near Mumbai. This was the first radio interformeter constructed on Indian soil using the dishes donated by Australia.
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- Title: Govind Swarup's article in Nuclear India on the Kalyan Array
- Date Created: 1965
- Subject Keywords: Radio Telescope, Govind Swarup
- Type: Document
- Biographical note: Prof. Govind Swarup is a radio astronomer and one of the pioneers of radio astronomy. He is known not only for his many important research contributions in several areas of astronomy and astrophysics, but also for his outstanding achievements in building ingenious, innovative and powerful observational facilities for front-line research in radio astronomy. He has been the key scientist behind concept, design and installation of the Ooty Radio Telescope (India) and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) near Pune. Under his leadership, a strong group in radio astrophysics has been built at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research that is comparable to the best in the world.
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