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About Us
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The National Centre
for Physics (NCP) started its scientific activities on January
27, 1999 by holding a one day symposium on Frontiers of
Fundamental Physics. NCP was inaugurated by Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad,
Chairman, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, on May 16, 2000.
The Director General of CERN, Professor L. Maiani and
distinguished members of his delegation, the Vice Chancellor of
Quaid-i-Azam University, Dr. Tariq Saddiqui and other
dignitaries, witnessed the inauguration. |
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The Centre has however
obtained its Charter from the Government of Pakistan in April 2004.
Now it is an autonomous body funded by the Government of Pakistan.
It would have its own building in July 2006 with resident facilities
for short term, long term visitors and to various participants in
its activities. Two advisory committees, namely
which have
already been constituted, guide the scientific and academic
proceedings of the Centre. |
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The first meeting of
the NASPC was held on January 18, 2005. The vision and future
programs of the NCP were discussed. The assistance of NASPC for
appointments of physicists of the country as associates of the
centre was emphasized.
The main objective of
the Centre is to raise the standard of Physics at par with
international norms of productivity and originality, and to act as
an entity for acquisition, generation, transmission and
dissemination of knowledge in frontiers of physics for Universities
and Research and Development (R&D) organizations covering the
following broad areas of physics:
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Condensed
Matter Physics
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Particle
Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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Fluid
Mechanics and Plasma Physics
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Atomic and
Laser Physics
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Advanced
Computing for Scientific Research, Mathematical Modeling and
Simulations
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NCP hopes to break the isolation by offering
Pakistani physicists an opportunity to work with world class
scientists who are invited to lecture and also to participate in the Centre's research activities on a regular basis. |
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