INO

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There is always a complaint that India is not a nation where in pure science is not given importance and mostly Engineering and Medicine fields are given more role in the education sector even by the general public and Many in general public is also orienting their childern to either study Engineering or Medical. Though there is some truth attached to it, all is not true when it comes to various Indian institutes and central government is concerned. One major example is India-based Neutrino Observatory.

India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is a proposed particle physicsresearch project to primarily study atmospheric neutrinos in a 1,300 meters (4,300 ft) deep cave under Ino Peak near Theni, Tamil Nadu, India. This project is notable in that it is anticipated to provide a precise measurement of neutrino mixing parameters. The project is a multi-institute collaboration and one of the biggest experimental particle physicsprojects undertaken in India

The project was expected to be completed in 2015 at an estimated cost of₹ 1,500 crores (but looks like it may take some more time), has been cleared by the Ministry of Environment (India) for construction in the Bodi West Hills Reserved Forest in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu. When completed, the INO will house the world's most massive magnet, four times larger than the 12,500-tonne magnet in the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.