New facility part of TMT opens near Bengaluru | India News
BENGALURU: As part of the global Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project, the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) on Tuesday inaugurated the optics fabrication facility at its Centre for Research and Education in Science and Technology (CREST) campus in Hoskote, 35km northeast of Bengaluru. Vice president Venkaiah Naidu, who inaugurated the facility, said: “...India's foray into such global and world class scientific ventures seems natural, given its intellectual reserves and global stature as an emerging economic and political power. It is important to inculcate scientific thinking in the...
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