This was disclosed today as IUAC celebrated its 34th foundation day. Speaking on the occasion Prof.Avinash Chandra Pandey, Director of IUAC said that IUAC is one of the first Inter-University Centres to be set up by the University Grants Commission
The Inter-University Accelerator Center
During his keynote address Mr.Atul Dinkar Rane, Director General, of the BrahMos missile program of the DRDO said that there had been many instances after Independence when third-world countries had tried to deny India various scientific technologies. But now the country has gained scientific expertise in various fields. Mr.Rane said that the goal of the country should be to become technologically superior so that for self-reliance the country does not need to import any technology.
He enumerated the various missile technologies like Agni, and Prithvi which India had developed indigenously, and also said that the BrahMos Missile developed in collaboration with Russia was one of the most successful supersonic missiles that could be used by all three forces.
Bhushan Nadda during his presidential address said that IUAC had made remarkable progress during the last thirty years and had been successful in attracting young minds of the country towards joining the science stream.
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