December 20, 2025 11:04 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
PM Modi slams ‘cut and commission’ TMC in virtual Taherpur address | US launches Operation Hawkeye Strike in Syria targeting ISIS after Americans killed | Horror on tracks: Rajdhani Express ploughs into elephant herd, eight killed in Assam | Horror in Bangladesh: Hindu man lynched and set on fire amid violent protests | Bangladesh in flames: Student leader Sharif Osman Hadi's death triggers massive protests, media offices torched | Chaos in Dhaka! Protesters assault New Age Editor, burn down newspaper offices amid deadly unrest | After campus shootings, Trump suspends green card lottery programme | ‘Worst is over,’ says IndiGo CEO after flight chaos; staff told to ignore speculation | Chaos at Hyderabad's Lulu Mall! Nidhhi Agerwal swarmed by fans, police register case | TCS bets big on AI, shares spike as company reveals ambitious plan

"LIGO-India mega science proposal will motivate Indian students and scientists to explore newer frontiers of knowledge"

| | Feb 17, 2016, at 11:43 pm
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IBNS): Hours after the Union Cabinet gave its ‘in principle’ approval to the LIGO-India mega science proposal for research on gravitational waves, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the project will motivate Indian students and scientists to explore newer frontiers of knowledge and will add impetus to scientific research.

"LIGO-India project will establish a state-of-the-art gravitational wave observatory in collaboration with LIGO Laboratory run by Caltech&MIT," PMO India tweeted.

"Project will bring opportunities to dig deeper into realm of gravitational wave & take global leadership in this new astronomical frontier," read another tweet.

"LIGO-India will also bring considerable opportunities in cutting edge technology for the Indian industry," PMO India tweeted.

"The project will motivate Indian students & scientists to explore newer frontiers of knowledge & will add impetus to scientific research," PMO India tweeted.

The proposal, known as LIGO-India project (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory in India) is piloted by Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology (DST).

The approval coincides with the historic detection of gravitational waves a few days ago that opened up of a new window on the universe to unravel some of its greatest mysteries.

The LIGO-India project will establish a state-of-the-art gravitational wave observatory in India in collaboration with the LIGO Laboratory in the U.S. run by Caltech and MIT.

The project will bring unprecedented opportunities for scientists and engineers to dig deeper into the realm of gravitational wave and take global leadership in this new astronomical frontier.

LIGO-India will also bring considerable opportunities in cutting edge technology for the Indian industry which will be engaged in the construction of eight kilometre long beam tube at ultra-high vacuum on a levelled terrain.

The project will motivate Indian students and young scientists to explore newer frontiers of knowledge, and will add further impetus to scientific research in the country.
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.