''IEEE Milestone'' Status For Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope

• 01 Dec 2020

• The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), located at Khodad village, near Pune, Maharashtra has received the prestigious ''IEEE Milestone'' status by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA.
• IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology in all areas related to electrical and electronics engineering that honours significant technical achievements and excellence in unique products, services, seminal papers and patents for the benefit of humanity.
• This is only the third such IEEE Milestone recognition for an Indian contribution. Earlier, J C Bose’s demonstration of generation and reception of radio waves (1895) and the discovery of the Raman Effect by C V Raman (1928) have been the only IEEE milestone winners from India (recognized only in 2012).
• The GMRT is among the largest and most sensitive low- frequency radio observatories in the world. It is operated by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), a part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
• Late GovindSwarup,the father of radio astronomy in India, was the brainchild behind the setting up of this Telescope.