ACRHEM Building inaugurated at University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad|India|July'2009: Dr. R.
Chidambaram, Chancellor of University of Hyderabad inaugurated the ACRHEM
building on his maiden visit to the University after being appointed as
its Chancellor. Present on this occasion were Prof. Seyed E Hasnain, Vice
Chancellor of UoH, Deans, Heads and Coordinators of the Schools,
Departments and Centres operating in the campus. Dr. Chidambaram also had
an interaction with the officials of the University and was given a first
hand account of the activities being carried out at the University.
Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram is the Principal Scientific Advisor to the
Government of India and former Director of India's primary nuclear
research facility, BARC. Dr. Chidambaram played a key role in the 1974
Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Experiment at Pokaran and led the Department of
Atomic Energy (DAE) team in the Pokhran-II tests in May, 1998. Dr.
Chidambaram is also one of the members of IAEA's 'Commission of Eminent
Persons'. He also played an important role in getting the Safeguards
Agreement passed by the Board of IAEA that followed the signing of the
Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between India and the United States
of America.
The ACRHEM building is a two floor building with a total area of 31,600
sq. feet. Built under the Xth plan campus development grant, this building
costs more than Rs: 3 crores.
ACRHEM is a DRDO supported Advanced Centre of Research in High Energy
Materials, at the University of Hyderabad. This is the first Centre of its
kind by DRDO in an Academic Institution. ACRHEM conducts Ph. D Programmes
in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer and Information Sciences.
Advanced Centre of Research in High Energy Materials is an
interdisciplinary research effort working towards understanding of
theoretical/experimental aspects in the areas of Physics, Chemistry,
Mathematics & Statistics of processes, Photonics/Electronics
instrumentation involved in High Energy Materials. ACRHEM is in the
process of developing state of the art research facilities and techniques
for perceiving the properties of high energy materials (HEMs) through
experiments with lasers, theoretical calculations and modeling, synthesis
of novel HEMs and nano-energetics. ACRHEM also aims for quality teaching
with student-faculty ratio highly favorable for individual attention. The
centre has various ongoing research programs in experimental and
theoretical fields to train Ph.D. scholars in the areas of fundamental and
applied fields of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics & Statistics,
Materials/Electronics and Photonics instrumentation.
Reachout's News Bureau
July' 2009
