India has observer status and will be looking for associate membership of CERN
Q. The relationship between India and CERN is that- Published on 23 Feb 16a. India has observer status
b. India is a full-fledged permanent member
c. India is an associate member
d. India is not a part of CERN in any way.
ANSWER: India has observer status
- CERN - "Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire", or European Council for Nuclear Research, a provisional body founded in 1952 with the mandate of establishing a world-class fundamental physics research organization in Europe. At that time, pure physics research concentrated on understanding the inside of the atom, hence the word "nuclear".
- At present, India has an observer status, which allows only participation in CERN meetings.
- After playing a significant role in the discovery of the god particle, India is set to become an associate member of the CERN.
- A Delegation from CERN, Geneva started its tour of India to report to the CERN Council about India's institutional and scientific strengths to become an Associate Member of this leading high energy physics laboratory.
- Once India becomes an Associate Member, Indian industry will be able to bid for CERN contracts, thus opening up opportunities in areas of advanced technologies; technology transfer will be facilitated; Indian scientists will be able to get appointments in CERN for longer periods; India will be able to participate in the scientific decision making to a greater degree; Indian students and post-doctoral fellows will have much greater opportunities to participate in CERN's schools, workshops, summer programmes; etc.
