A Tribute September 2013

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we start this monthly magazine as a tribute to the wonderful contribution made by our

scientists over the generations to the field of Science and Technology, we are nation who

performed the first cataract operation and its said that the word atom was also first coined as

a Tejomatra by one of the great saints of India who were scientists of the bygone era, we are

also a land where astrology and astronomy originated.

India in the modern age has produced remarkable scientists like Ramanujan, Prafulla Chandra

Ray, Sir C.V.Raman, Homi Jehangir Bhabha, Satyendra Nath Bose, Jagadish Chandra Bose

and many more such eminent personalities, Team Incnpaper through this monthly magazine

would like to motivate and keep the current generation of young Indians and Scientists

informed about the wonderful work done by Indian Research Institutes and Scientists.

Index

Science and Technology: Top Science and Technology News of the Month

Indian Institute of Science scientists crack mystery of black holes... Second Vehicle Assembly Building at Satish Dhawan Space

Centre, Sriharikota.

Government Approves setting up of Two Semiconductor Wafer FabricationsManufacturing Facilities.

Intel offers a new chip for India. AGNI 5 A huge Success Makeover for Indias biggest telescope Indias Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft moves to Sriharikota..

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2013.

Lounge Talks:: Casual Blogs on events which caught our attention

A leader and his context...By gone Nokia, Ericsson era

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Indian Institute of Science scientists crack mystery of black holes

A scientist from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, and his student have

successfully applied Albert Einsteins gravity theory to unlock the mysteries of black

holes.Banibrata mukhopadhyay associate professor, department of physics, IISc, and his

student Indrani Banerjee worked for over two years for their landmark discovery. Their study

on black holes has been acknowledged by the scientific community across the globe,

including professors from Harvard University. The duo has published its findings in theinternational journal Physical Review Letters.

Black holes, as stars are known postdeath, are not visible to the plain eye. Though not visible,

black holes devour everything in their neighbourhood given the gravitational pulls they

exercise. It was hitherto believed that mass and spin are the determining properties of black

holes and they would go a long way in determining the influence of black holes on their

neighbourhood as well as their pre-death star existence.

Their new study, says Banibrata, who worked in Harvard for three years before joining IISc

in 2007, throws more light on black holes and their properties, particularly the correlation

between mass and spin or rotation. They have proved that mass and spin are not independentof each other but actually interdependent. They have established that mass of the star could

be used to calculate the spin.

The spin of the observed black holes is still a debatable issue the exact value of the spin

is not known. On the other hand mass can be determined more easily. Rotation of the black

hole is determined by the mass and rotation of the initial star. The larger the mass of the

initial star the greater it tends to have a high rotational speed and turn into swiftly spinning

black holes. The smaller the mass of the initial star the slower its rotation and spin. This

property shows that spin and mass are correlated. Hence if mass is known, the spin can be

predicted. Eventually, only one fundamental parameter characterizes the black hole,Banibrata explained.

Indrani, a PhD student of physics, said, First we were working on how stars collapse and

end up into black holes. During the research, the thought of discovering the properties

emerged, she said.

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Second Vehicle Assembly Building at Satish Dhawan Space Centre,

Sriharikota .

The Union Cabinet today approved for realization of Second Vehicle Assembly Building at

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota (SDSC-SHAR) at an estimated cost of Rs. 363.95

crore with a foreign exchange component of Rs. 7 crore.The Second Vehicle Assembly

Building will provide enhanced launch frequency of PSLV and GSLV by facilitating parallel

integration operations. It will also provide redundancy to existing Vehicle Assembly Building

(VAB) for integration of GSLV MK-III and also as a prime integration facility for third

launch pad and future general launch vehicles.Project teams formed by the Department of

Space at SDSC-SHAR will realize the systems through the contractor by floating tenders

package wise. An engineering consultant will be engaged to carry out configuration

development, detailed engineering and preparation of tender documents by dividing the total

work into various packages. The SVAB is targeted for realization within 42 months.{index}



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Government Approves setting up of two Semiconductor Wafer

Fabrications Manufacturing Facilities.

The Government has approved setting up of two Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication (FAB)

Manufacturing Facilities in the country. These FAB facilities are expected to provide big

boost to the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing eco-system in the country.

The Government had in 2011 constituted an Empowered Committee to identify technology

and investors and to recommend incentives to be provided to set up two FAB facilities in the

country. The Empowered Committee had issued a Global Expression of Interest inviting

technology providers and investors to set up the FAB facilities. This Committee submitted its

recommendations to the Government in March 2013.

The details of the two FAB facilities proposed to be set up are as follows:

(i) M/s Jaiprakash Associates along with M/s IBM (USA) and M/s Tower Jazz

(Israel). The outlay of the proposed FAB is about Rs 26,300 crore for establishing the FAB

facility of 40,000 wafer starts per month of 300 mm size, using Advanced CMOS technology.

Technology nodes proposed are 90, 65 and 45 nm nodes in Phase I, 28 nm node in Phase II

with the option of establishing a 22 nm node in Phase III. The proposed location is

Greater Noida.

(ii) M/s Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (HSMC) along with M/s

ST Microelectronics (France/Italy) and M/s Silterra (Malaysia) . The outlay of the proposed

FAB is about Rs 25,250 crore for the fab facility of 40,000 wafer starts per month of 300 mm

size, using Advanced CMOS technology. Technology nodes proposed are 90, 65 and 45 nmnodes in Phase I and 45, 28 and 22 nm nodes in Phase II. The proposed location is Prantij,

near Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

The Government has also approved the package of incentives for the two consortia. This

package includes incentives already available under the Modified Special Incentive Package

Scheme (M-SIPS) and deduction available for expenditure on R&D under the Income Tax

Act. In addition, FAB facilities will also be eligible for investment linked deduction under

Section 35AD of the Income Tax Act. The Government will provide Viability Gap Funding

(VGF) in the form of an interest free loan for a period of 10 years.

The Government has also required the technology providers to take equity of at least 10% in

the proposed projects. The Government will also get 11% equity in the said projects. The



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details of the incentives will, however, be worked out based on appraisal of Detailed Project

Reports to be submitted by the two consortia within a period of two months.

An Expression of Interest would be published inviting proposals from other leading

companies intending to establish FAB in India to be submitted in 4 weeks. Government of

India would extend the special package of incentives to the qualified proposals.

Giving these details here today while interacting with the Media, Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of

Communications & Information Technology , said that all this will help set up a critical pillar

required to promote Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) in the country.

The Semiconductor Wafer FABs when set up will stimulate the flow of capital and

technology, create employment opportunities, help higher value addition in the electronic

products manufactured in the country, reduce dependence on imports and lead to

innovation. The proposed FABs will create direct employment of about 22,000 and indirect

employment of about one lakh.{Index}

Intel offers a new chip for India.

Global chip maker Intel has developed a new processor to enable Indian enterprises meetdemand for new services with greater efficiency and flexibility, a company official said.

Our new Xeon processor offers 45% more efficiency and 50% higher performance to benefit

Indian enterprises in the service-oriented mobile world, Intel Asia-Pacific director Narendra

Bhadari told reporters at a preview.

The company also unveiled a new version of its Atom processor and the fourth-generation

core processors to enhance security and productivity in data centre with faster boot and

application start times.

Our goal is to re-architect data centre to provide a common, software-based foundation for

both data centres and cloud service providers spanning servers, networking, storage and

security, Bhandari said.

The companys global data centre develops solutions to help enterprises keep pace with

demand for cloud services and managing data generated from billions of users and connected

devices worldwide.

Our new products and technologies will allow us to expand into new segments of the data

centre in India by becoming the means to deliver new services to businesses and consumers

than reducing cost and increasing productivity, he said.

As data centres enter a new era of rapid service delivery, the company is betting on growthopportunities across network, storage and servers to deliver scale and efficiency.



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We are looking to accelerate our progress in the Indian enterprise segment with solutions

that address the high performance needs of the fast evolving space, Bhandari asserted.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Mumbai has deployed the latest Xeon processors in

its servers to meet its huge computing requirement, as the worlds largest bourse in terms of

equity trade.

We align our technology needs with Intels new processors to meet our increasing compute

needs and reinforce our leadership position in the equity market, NSE director N.

Muralidharan said.{index}

AGNI 5 A huge Success

India has successfully test-launched its new ballistic missile, Agni-5, which can carry a

nuclear warhead not just to Beijing and Shanghai but even the Northern-most tip of China

Habin City.

The test-launch, done from Wheeler Island at 8:43 am, off the Odisha coast, for the second

time in two years, is seen as a major step in Indias efforts to become a regional power that

can counter the dominance of China.The Agni-5 is about 17 meters long and weighs 50 tons.

It is a three-stage missile designed to carry a 1.5-ton warhead with a range of 5,000

kilometers (3,100 miles), allowing it the furthest reach among all Indian missiles. The Agni-3

is Indias current longest-range missile and can cover a distance of 3,500 kilometers (2,100

miles).

The versatile missile system can be launched from a road mobile vehicle or even from a

special railway bogey where it can be kept hidden and moved around at will . The first test of

the Agni-5 missile was conducted in April 2012 when guidance systems critical in

determining the efficiency of missile worked perfectly.



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The development of Agni-5 began in 1983. Sources say that a few more tests will be required

before the missile is ready for induction and deployment, most likely in 2017.Agni-5 gives

India the ability to launch nuclear weapons from strategic bombers and submarines. It will

give India the ability hit back or have second-strike capability even after a nuclear attack.

The Su-30 MKi and the French-made Mirrage 2000 aircraft are capable of delivering nuclear

missiles from the air. The INS Arihant, an indigenously-made nuclear-powered submarine is

undergoing sea trials and expected to join the Indian Navy by 2016-2017.

India has also proven its ability to launch nuclear missiles from under the sea. Over a dozen

test successful test of K-15 missiles nuclear missiles which will be launched from the

submarine have been conducted in the last few years.{index}

Makeover for Indias biggest telescope

Indias biggest telescope near Pune has just received a makeover that will help scientists

to scan the edge of the universe with more clarity, looking for telltale signs of unknown

esoteric cosmic objects dotting the baby universe.



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The Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) near Pune has been upgraded with new

front-end and back-end systems, components and advanced electronics increasing its

sensitivity by three times. It also received round-the-clock power supply. The upgraded

telescope was thrown open to the researchers on Sunday by Govind Swarup, the grand old

man of Indian astronomy.

It was Swaups brain, that was behind the concept, design and installation of Indias first

radio telescope at Ooty and GMRT, which played a pivotal role in discovering new facets of

the universe, invisible to optical telescopes.

Spread over 30 sq km of area around Khodad, near Narayangaon town of Pune district,

GMRT is the worlds largest radio telescope facility operating at low frequencies. It

comprises 30 fully steerable, 45 metre diameter antennas, which captures radio signals and

sends them to the research centre, where these signals are decoded.

Designed in the 1990s, the telescope has been in operation since 2002 and is used by

astronomers across the world for cutting edge research on astronomy and astrophysics. Itscans the sky at radio frequencies and tries to discover new cosmic objects based on the

signals it receives.

The Rs 60-crore upgradation package for GMRT will increase the telescopes sensitivity by

three times and keep it on the forefront of the international scenario in the field for many

more years to come.

With the upgradation, we can look further deep and see the universe in very old age. The

upgraded telescope now provides wider bandwidth to observe the baby universe, said

Dipanjan Mitra, another scientists from NCRA, who operates the telescope. In the first phase,

8-15 antennas were fitted with new components. The entire work was expected to becompleted by 2015, Chandra said.



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Over the years, Indian astronomers used GMRT to find pulsars (pulsating stars) and observe

hidden cosmic objects emitting radio-waves. The make-over will increase the telescopes

utility and bring it on a par with other global telescopes, which can now be linked with

GMRT for seamless observations from two corners of the globe.{Index}

Indias Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft moves to Sriharikota..

Indias Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft was shipped out of the city on Wednesday

for the October 28 launch from the Sriharikota spaceport, setting the stage for final

preparations for the odyssey to the red planet.

It was put in a special container where we have the monitoring of the environment inside,

an official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told PTI.

Accompanied by a convoy, the truck-trailer carrying the container is slated to reach

Sriharikota today afternoon. Gandhi Jayanti day was chosen for the journey as traffic would

be less.



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A national committee of experts and pre-shipment review panel had earlier given their go-

ahead for the Rs. 450 crore ambitious venture.

Primary objectives of the mission are to demonstrate Indias technological capability to send

a satellite to orbit around Mars and conduct meaningful experiments such as looking for signs

of life, take pictures of the red planet and study Martian environment.

Bangalore-based ISRO said the Rs. 150-crore spacecraft would be launched on October 28 at

16 hours, 14 minutes and 45 seconds (4.15 pm), weather permitting.Launch campaign has

already commenced at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 90 km from

Chennai, from where the 1,350-kg MOM spacecraft is slated to be launched by the Rs. 110

crore Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25).

The first stage of the PSLV-C25 with strap-ons has already been assembled, with the rocket

ready for satellite integration by October 10.The satellite will carry compact science

experiment instruments, totalling a mass of 15 kg. There will be five instruments to study

Martian surface, atmosphere and mineralogy.

After leaving the earths orbit, the spacecraft will cruise in deep space for about ten months

using its own propulsion system and will reach Martian transfer trajectory in September

2014. The spacecraft subsequently is planned to enter into a 372 km by 80,000 km elliptical

orbit around Mars.

The main theme of MOM appears to be to seek to reveal whether there is methane,

considered a precursor chemical for life, on the red planet. Methane sensor, one of the five

payloads (scientific instruments) on board the spacecraft, would look to detect the presence of

Methane.{Index}

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2013

Shanti SwarupBhatnagar Prize is the most coveted national recognition for youngscientists and engineers for their R&D work done in India. The Prize was instituted in 1957

in the honour of late Dr. (Sir) Shanti SwarupBhatnagar, an eminent scientist, founder Director

and principal architect of CSIR. Over 450 scientists and technologists have been so far

conferred upon this Prize in various disciplines of science for their outstanding R&D

contribution.Each Prize carries a citation, cash prize, a plaque and an honorarium till

superannuation.

Dr. Samir K. Bramhachari, Director General Council for Scientific & Industrial Research

(CSIR) today announced the prestigious Shantri Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for the Year

2013. The awards were announced during the CSIRs 71

st

Foundation day Celebrations held



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here in New Delhi. According to it, eight (08) scientists have been selected for Shanti

Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for the year 2013. They are as under:

Name Field Picture OrganisationDr Sathees

Chukkurumbal

Raghavan

Biological Science Department of

Biochemistry

Indian Institute of

Science (IISc)

Bangalore 560 012

Dr Yamuna

Krishnan

Chemcial Sciences National Centre for

Biological Sciences

(TIFR) UAS-GKVK,Bellary Road

Bangalore 560 065

Dr Bikramjit Basu Engineering Sciences Materials Research

Centre

Indian Institute of

Science (IISc)

Bangalore 560012

Dr Suman

Chakraborty

Engineering Sciences Department of

Mechanical

Engineering

Indian Institute of

Technology (IITKgp)

Kharagpur 721302



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Dr Eknath

Prabhakar Ghate

Mathematical Sciences School of

Mathematical

Sciences

Tata Institute of

Fundamental

Research

(TIFR) Homi Bhabha

Road, Colaba

Mumbai 400 005

Dr Pushkar Sharma Medical Sciences National Institute of

Immunology (NII)

Aruna Asaf Ali Marg,

New Delhi 110 067

Dr Amol Dighe Physical Sciences Department of

Theoretical Physics

Tata Institute of

Fundamental

Research

(TIFR)Homi Bhabha

Road, ColabaMumbai 400 005

Dr Vijay

Balakrishna Shenoy

Physical Sciences Department of

Physics

Indian Institute of

Science (IISc)

Bangalore 560 012

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Lounge Talks

A leader and his context...

The genesis of a leader starts within the context in which his requirement arises, the context

which makes him an indispensable asset. This context defines to whom he is attractive to

the class of people he aspires to lead, the generation he hopes to inspire.

India of the 1990s/2000s needed a transitional figure to enable a smooth transition from the

socialistic land of the license raj to the neo-capitalistic land of reforms. India neededleaders who were socialists at heart, reformists by deed. This context defined the prominent

leaders of these decades from Narasimha Rao to Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

India of the present has 5 very important aspects that defines the context of the leader it

awaits/deserves:

- Indias demography is at its youngest.

- The middle-class and the neo-middle-class are at its highest numbers since independence.

- An entirely new generation of voters are born in the era of reforms, an era where aspirations

are beyond just Roti-khapda-makhan.

- Poverty is at its lowest in decades implying the purchasing power of the people have

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- Economic reforms are no longer at its infancy and the country has come to realize the

infinite potential it holds in the future immediate and long-term.

An average thinking Indian of the day is thus no longer

- satisfied with the rhetoric of secularism.

- believes in the farce of religious identities and the politics of appeasement.- restricted in the extent to which he can dream.

- satisfied by a mere representative democracy.

An average thinking Indian of the day is hence expectant of

- a leader with a vision. A vision that sees beyond tomorrow.

- a leader who is communicative. Communicative of the problems facing the nation & the

solutions that awaits them.

- a leader who believes in the politics of development. Politics which helps India achieve its

potential.

- a leader who fosters participative democracy. A democracy where citizens participate

actively and are not just passive viewers.

This context of what India is, and what Indians want defines the leader which it awaits/

deserves. Myopia of present day politicians can only be cured by hypermetropia of its

citizens. Restlessness of the citizens can only be cured by the patience & far-sightedness of

its leaders. Aspirations of the many can only be realised from the inspirations of the few who

can lead the many.

Hoping India finds the leader who befits its present context.{Index}

By gone Nokia , Ericsson era



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It was just few years back in my Engineering in 2005 , having a Nokia was the Cool thing ,

people Spoke about the costly Erickson and Motorola phones , blackberry as always was the

business phone which hardly few got to College , I remember discussing a lot about how

Nokia had created a revolution with 6600 or other phones which played Videos on them ,

back then Samsung was a very small player and people hardly respected it and IPHONE

never existed back then ( it was first released in 2007 ) . Samsung came up with a BADA OS

in their Smartphone and Nokia started with Symbian and people were struck by the beauty of

Iphone , the market went gaga over the huge competition , new models coming out each day

and the Korean Gaint Samsung came up with models which were very cost-effective , Google

Played the Trump Card with releasing an Open Source called Android OS For mobiles.

As they Say adapting to the Changes is only survival tool for companies , Samsung and HTC

were Swift to switch to Android and make best use of the market potential in India , SONY

after separation with Ericsson also entered Indian Markets but Samsung and HTC had its Fan

base By now , Nokia believed in Symbian and Released few models which could hardly

compete with the Versions Samsung and HTC pumped into the Market , with Nokia and sonystruggling and Iphones being Available in India, Nokia had to bite the bullet ,they came up

with wide variety of phones with Windows Mobile OS ,but maybe it was too late to make

the Impact which it created once with 1100 or 6600 phones . Separations have been drawn

now , with Microsoft Going for Nokia , Motorola with Google , and Blackberry Selling itself

out , very few players are left in Market today .

Samsung and Sony with its huge presence in the Home appliance sections is connecting our

phones with our house appliances making it more interesting and easy to keep a check even

from our office , we even have an inbuilt Apple SIRI option in Some of the Cars

Manufactured , these developments have increased our dependence on these companies ,which were initially just a medium to communicate .The future of Industry will be

interesting , now with Google having its own Set of phones , how long will android be an

open source .if it decides to close doors on Samsung..Will it go back to BADA OS . Or

will it also Fade in time like the Nokia and Ericsson.{Index}

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