SINP wants foreign scientists in teaching and research

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Kolkata, Aug 20 (PTI) The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, (SINP) an autonomous body under Department of Atomic Energy, wants Centre's permission to appoint foreign nationals as faculty and research scholars.

Addressing a press conference on the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh''s visit to SINP to mark the closing of its Diamond Jubilee year, its director Milan Sanyal said the institute had issued advertisements to attract talents from abroad as faculty and research scholars.

Stating that the response had been very positive, he said, "We have appointed a number of Indians residing abroad.

Many foreigners also applied, but right now, Government rules do not allow us to recruit non-Indians. We are talking to the Government so that this rule can be relaxed and we can get the best talents."

The SINP has brought in experts from universities abroad for a scientific review of the institute and ascertain its standard globally and their report has been positive, Sanyal said.

"But we also need state-of-the-art infrastructure. For this we need funds. There has been a substantial increase in funding for SINP during the tenure of Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister," he said.

Founded in 1950 by eminent physicist Meghnad Saha, SINP is involved in teaching research and developmental activities.

It has built the country''s first cyclotron, the first electron microscope and the first nuclear magnetic spectrometer.

More recently, it has built a detector for CERN's Large Hadron Collider at Geneva and has been collaborating closely with LHC project.