Cusat gets a government invite

KOCHI: Cusat has been chosen as one among a few universities by the Government of India to participate in a project to unravel the properties of neutrinos. The Department of Physics at Cusat will undertake the project - Collaboration by Indian physicists on neutrino project at Fermilab, USA. The Department of Science and Technology at the Centre is funding the programme.The total cost of the three-year project is `1.24 crore. The project is being implemented under the guidance of Prof Ramesh Babu T. Prof M R Anantharaman and Prof V C Kuriakose will be the principal co-investigators. Apart from Cusat, there are five other universities-Banaras, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jammu and Punjab- and two IITs (Guwahati and Hyderabad) from India participating in the project. Prof Brajesh Chowdry from the University of Delhi will act as the spokesperson for the entire programme.