MIT World Peace University has established a state-of-the-art ground station as part of the institution’s nano-satellite initiative. A team of 35 MIT-WPU students is working on the project along with 4 faculty members including Dr Anup Kale, prof Anagha Karne, Dr Deobrat Singh and Dr Sachin Kulkarni. Prof Milind Pande, pro-vice-chancellor, MIT-WPU said, “This cutting-edge Ground Station embodies a new …
Physicist Govind Swarup, known for pioneering radio astronomy in India and setting up giant radio telescopes, died on Monday in Pune. Swarup was the brains behind the designing and installation of the Ooty Radio Telescope and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope near Pune. In the 1980s, Swarup thought of a radio telescope even bigger than the one at Ooty and …