BARC Director Sekar Basu inaugurates Advanced Research Centre at St Aloysius College

BARC Director Sekar Basu inaugurates Advanced Research Centre at St Aloysius College

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Jun 2, 2013: The St Aloysius College Advanced Research Centre was inaugurated on June 1, Saturday by Sekar Basu, Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai at a ceremony held at the Teletorium of St Aloysius PU College on June 1, Saturday.

In his address, Basu stressed the need  for more encouragement to research projects in college level and said there can be collaborations with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in this regard.

Sekar Basu batted in favour of nuclear  projects by stating any project involves risk as in case of nuclear projects. However, he claimed that nuclear projects is the least risky projects.

Pallavi, a research scholar in St Aloysius College, presented Basu  with radiation flowers and stated that the plant’s name was Zinnia elegans var dreamland, the seeds of these plants are selected and irradiated using gama rays at BARC. The seeds are  replanted in the fields and kept under observation and  flowers of various colours have been obtained. She said.

Rector of St Aloyius Institutions Rev. Fr Denzil Lobo ,  Rev. Fr. Swebert D’Silva SJ, Principal, Dr. Stan D’Souza, Scientist , BARC Dr. A M Narahari, Registrar St Aloysius College, Dr. Richard Gonsalves, Director,St Aloysius college Advanced   Research Centre   and several others were present.