V Balasubramanian, 2024-06-18
Dates
- Creation: 2024-06-18
Creator
- Venkatram, Preeti Shree (Interviewer, Person)
- V, Balasubramanian (Interviewee, Person)
- Venkatram, Preeti Shree (Processing Archivist, Person)
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Biographical / Historical
V Balasubramanian, a physicist, was born in Tamil Nadu in 1943. His schooling took place in both Tamil Nadu and Kerala and he went on to pursue physics at the Government Victoria College, Palghat. Thereafter, he attended the training school of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) – known as the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay at the time – where he was part of the physics batch from 1965-66.
He then joined the Radio Astronomy Group at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in 1966 and for the rest of his career, was closely associated with the Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) and its further development. He was involved in the implementation of the Stretched Mesh Attached to Rope Trusses (SMART) design for the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) antennas. His research focussed on pulsar scintillations, interplanetary scintillation studies related to space weather, and solar concentrators.
Full Extent
119 Minutes
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Archives at NCBS Repository
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