Author: Prof Kumud Das

Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) at Indore in Madhya Pradesh came into existence after a formal order issued by the eminent physicist and then director general of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Padma Vibhushan Dr Raja Ramanna in 1983. RRCAT, a premier R&D facility engaged in non-nuclear frontline research areas of lasers, particle accelerators and related technologies, is a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy, government of India. THE CENTRE The centre’s foundation stone was laid by the President of India, Gyani Zail Singh on February 19, 1984. At the time, it was named the…

Guess what is unique about the Ram Navami of 17 April this year, and every year thereafter? The Shri Ram temple, which was unveiled by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 January in Ayodhya, will have a unique ‘Surya Tilak’ on the forehead of the idol of Lord Ram every Ram Navami. Tilak, a traditional Hindu mark worn on the forehead, will be quite literally inked by the rays of the sun on the forehead of the idol of Ram Lalla at around 12 noon for six minutes, on Ram Navami, the festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ram,…