| Intensification
of Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA) The programme for
Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA) was launched during
the 6th Five Year Plan to strengthen research in high priority areas. This is
meant to set up Core Groups, Centres of Excellence and National Facilities in
frontline and emerging fields of science and engineering. This has had significant
impact on the national and international scientific scene in terms of quality
and quantity of work in important fields such as Neurobiology, Solid State Chemistry,
Nano-materials, Materials Science, Surface Science, Plasma Physics, Macromolecular
Crystallography and Ultrafast Processes. Some of the noteworthy
facilities are: - National Facility for High Field NMR (Mumbai);
- Center
for fuel cell Technology (Chennai)
- Center for display Technologies
(Kanpur)
- National Facility for Isotope Discrimination Studies for
Water Use Efficiency (Bangalore);
- National Facility for Photolabelling
and Peptide Sequencing in Biomolecular System (Mumbai);
- Materials Science
Beam Line Facility at the Nuclear Science Centre (New Delhi).
For
more information visit IRHPA on the SERC Website:
www.serc-dst.org/irpha.htm Contact For
more information on SERC : Dr B Hari Gopal Adviser &
Head Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) Department of Science
& Technology Technology Bhawan New Mehrauli Road New Delhi-110
016. Telephone:011-26590370 Email: bghari at nic dot in |