S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences Project Cell The status of the Projects as on 1-April-2009 as maintained by the Project Cell is given below. If there are any further updates kindly inform the Project Cell through email at prjcell@bose.res.in Projects already running before the formation of the Project Cell will soon be indexed by the Project Cell. Project No. & Name DBT/SKP/08-09/01 “Reverse micelle in oil and atmosphere: A weapon for bioremediation and against bioterrorism” DST/PM/08-09/02 “Functional Oxides” DST/BGS/08-09/03 “Growth, characterization and study of resistive switching in multifunctional perovskite oxide systems” DST/PSD/08-09/04 “Electronic states and transport in mesoscopic systems” SNB/KC/08-09/05 “Studies on microwave absorption properties of one dimensional materials and their composites and subsequent development of electromagnetic interference shields” DST/AM/08-09/06 “Language and Brain Organization in Normative Multilingualism” DST/KM/08-09/07 “Preparation and study of magnetic nanowires” SNB/CB/08-09/08 “Electronic structure investigation of organic and metallic interfaces and surfaces” PI / Co – PI Dr. S.K. Pal Dr. Rajiv Mitra Status Pending with DBT Dr. Priya Mahadevan Dr. Chong Der Hu Dr. Barnali Ghosh (Saha) Pending with DST Dr. Prasenjit Singha Deo Presentation given at DST, Project has been technically recommended for financial support Approved Dr. Kuntal Chakrabarti Approved Dr. Anita Mehta Pending with DST Dr. Kalyan Mandal Pending with DST Dr. Chhayabrita Biswas Approved 1 Remarks Research Associate joined on 6/3/09 Purchase order for TwoSyringe Infusion Pump KDS 200 (1 No.) and High Voltage DC Power Supply EL50R issued. Project Trainee was selected and Appointment Letter issued, however the Project Trainee did not join within the deadline. Project No. & Name IFC/AM/08-09/09 “Probing complexity: a statistical mechanics approach” DST/BC/08-09/10 “Astrophysical and Cosmological Implication of Non commutative Space-time” DST/AM/08-09/11 – “Study of non-collinear magnetism in disordered alloys” DST/AL/08-09/12 “Symmetries of non-abelian two-form gauge theories” SNB/KA/08-09/13 “The study of surface physics and reaction rates of complex molecules found in star forming regions” SNB/PKM/08-09/14 – “Study of dynamics of twin structures in different ferromagnetic shape memory alloys” DFG/SKP/08-09/15 – “Solid state emitters in a selforganized, nanoporous silicon matrix and the dynamic control of their spontaneous emission” DST/RC/08-09/16 – “Study of Topological Excitations in Low Dimensional Quantum Spin Models” PI / Co – PI Dr. Anita Mehta Status Pending with IFC Dr. Biswajit Chakraborty Pending with DST Prof. Abhijit Mookerjee Pending with DST Dr. Amitabha Lahiri Approved Dr. Kinsuk Acharya Approved Dr. P.K. Mukhopadhyay Approved Dr. S.K. Pal Pending from the part of DFG, Germany Dr. Ranjan Chaudhury Pending with DST 2 Remarks Interview for recruitment of Research Associate scheduled on 3/4/09 Process for instrument procuring initiated. Project Trainee joined on 2/3/09