Indian Beamline Project?

 
❓What is Indian Beamline Project?

It is a facility for materials research set up under India-Japan Scientific and Technological Cooperation, with special focus on industrial application research.

This India-Japan Scientific and Technological Cooperation project was initiated between the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization(KEK) on 24 July 2007.

1. In the first phase (2009-2015) of this project, an X-ray beamline (BL18B) was constructed by Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) in Japanese synchrotron light source Photon Factory (PF).

X-Ray Beam line

2. In the second phase (2016-2021), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and SINP jointly developed the beamline further to cater to the need of various users from India.

JNCASR

3. The initiation of the third phase took place with the signing of MoU between:

Ambassador of India in Japan Mr. Sanjay Kumar Verma with ⟶ Director, Institute of Material Structure Science, Dr. KOSUGI Nobuhiro.

The phase would increase the number of young researchers from India to be trained in advanced X-ray techniques of material research. Besides, steps will be taken to allocate more beamtime so that more researchers can get access to it. At present, only 50 % of Indian researchers who apply receive beamtime.

❓What is BEAMTIME?

Its the time allocated to a researcher for use of a beam of particles from a particular source.