<p>India is supplying components worth USD 140 million to the US Department of Energy’s ambitious plans to upgrade the Fermilab accelerator complex to create the most intense high-energy neutrino beams which would help unravel understanding of the evolution of the universe.</p>.<p>India and the US signed an agreement in 2018 to expand collaboration for jointly advancing cutting-edge neutrino science projects such as the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) with the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) hosted at Fermilab, and the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO).</p>.<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed the deepening bilateral cooperation between the two countries on cutting-edge scientific infrastructure.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ambitious-plans-for-us-india-technology-sharing-face-hurdles-1230456.html" target="_blank">Ambitious plans for US-India technology sharing face hurdles</a></strong></p>.<p>This includes a USD 140 million in-kind contribution from the Indian Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Fermi National Laboratory toward collaborative development of the Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II) Accelerator, for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility — the first and largest international research facility on US soil.</p>.<p>Biden and Modi also welcomed the commencement of construction of a Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in India, according to a joint statement issued after the bilateral talks between the two sides.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of US President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.</p>.<p>“The leaders called on their administrations to extend these partnerships to advanced biotechnology and biomanufacturing, and enhance biosafety and biosecurity innovation, practices, and norms,” the statement said.</p>.<p>The PIP-II project includes the construction of a 600-foot-long superconducting linear accelerator at Fermilab.</p>.<p>It will be the first-ever particle accelerator built in the United States with significant contributions from international partners, including the United Kingdom and Italy.</p>.<p>Scientists from four institutions Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai; Inter-University Accelerator Centre in New Delhi; Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology in Indore; and Variable Electron and Cyclotron Centre in Kolkata – are contributing to the design and construction of magnets and superconducting particle accelerator components for PIP-II at Fermilab.</p>
<p>India is supplying components worth USD 140 million to the US Department of Energy’s ambitious plans to upgrade the Fermilab accelerator complex to create the most intense high-energy neutrino beams which would help unravel understanding of the evolution of the universe.</p>.<p>India and the US signed an agreement in 2018 to expand collaboration for jointly advancing cutting-edge neutrino science projects such as the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) with the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) hosted at Fermilab, and the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO).</p>.<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed the deepening bilateral cooperation between the two countries on cutting-edge scientific infrastructure.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ambitious-plans-for-us-india-technology-sharing-face-hurdles-1230456.html" target="_blank">Ambitious plans for US-India technology sharing face hurdles</a></strong></p>.<p>This includes a USD 140 million in-kind contribution from the Indian Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Fermi National Laboratory toward collaborative development of the Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II) Accelerator, for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility — the first and largest international research facility on US soil.</p>.<p>Biden and Modi also welcomed the commencement of construction of a Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in India, according to a joint statement issued after the bilateral talks between the two sides.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of US President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.</p>.<p>“The leaders called on their administrations to extend these partnerships to advanced biotechnology and biomanufacturing, and enhance biosafety and biosecurity innovation, practices, and norms,” the statement said.</p>.<p>The PIP-II project includes the construction of a 600-foot-long superconducting linear accelerator at Fermilab.</p>.<p>It will be the first-ever particle accelerator built in the United States with significant contributions from international partners, including the United Kingdom and Italy.</p>.<p>Scientists from four institutions Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai; Inter-University Accelerator Centre in New Delhi; Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology in Indore; and Variable Electron and Cyclotron Centre in Kolkata – are contributing to the design and construction of magnets and superconducting particle accelerator components for PIP-II at Fermilab.</p>