Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 25: The Central University of Jammu (CUJ) announced its forthcoming collaboration with Space Physics Laboratory (SPL) of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space, Government of India, for the installation of a Space Weather Monitoring facility in its campus.
CUJ Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof. Sanjeev Jain welcomed this collaboration with ISRO’s SPL, marking a significant step forward in CUJ’s contributions to national scientific research and space weather studies.
Dr. Raj Kumar Choudhary, Scientist-G, Head of RSIM at SPL-VSSC and Principal Investigator of the InSWIM project, visited the CUJ campus to initiate discussions and implementation plans for InSWIM activities.
During meeting, the VC congratulated Prof. Vinay Kumar (Dean, School of Basic and Applied Sciences & Convener, Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Sciences (SDCSS) and Dr. Shweta Yadav (Centre Incharge, Himalayan High Altitude Atmospheric & Climate Research – H2A2CR Centre) for their roles as Principal Investigators of the InSWIM project at CUJ.
He assured full institutional support for smooth execution of the project.
Prof. Yashwant Singh, Registrar also spoke on the occasion.
With this collaboration, CUJ is set to become the first station in J&K to conduct intensive space weather impact monitoring.
The Indian Network for Space Weather Impact Monitoring (InSWIM) is a national initiative aimed at observing and modelling the low-latitude ionosphere-thermosphere system.
On this occasion, an interactive session titled ‘Radio Science Technique: Introduction to a Tool to Explore a Planetary Body’ was also organized.
Dr. Choudhary also visited SDCSS, the Ceilometer LiDAR Observatory and other state-of-the-art research facilities on campus.
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