India holds Associate Member State status at CERN, Geneva

Background

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) states that India became an Associate Member State of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geneva, on 16.01.2017. At present, 10 Indian Industries are involved in CERN-related activities, and an Industrial Liaison Officer has been appointed to coordinate Indian companies' participation in CERN's market surveys and tenders. DST and the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) jointly promote India's participation in CERN's mega-science experiments. Indian scientists, engineers and research students from 15 research groups participate in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and another 15 research groups participate in A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE). Thirty research groups are involved in the operation and utilisation of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) infrastructure for the CMS and ALICE experiments.