Biennial Report 2005-2007 - Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

viii Biennial Report 2005-07EditorialAnnual Report is viewed by many as a mundane task which nobody even looks at. In these days ofInformation Techmology, people usually think that writing and editing a report is very easy. Butit is not so, since quite a few contributors had “cut & paste” and mailed to us their document allat the click of a single button. Though we could not fully automate the entire process of compilingthis report, we plan & hope to get it done for the next one, which will mean that contributors cansubmit, view and correct online all through the year.We (the editorial team) would like to thank Prof Bikash Sinha, Director, SINP for the constantencouragement the preparation of this Biennial Report. Mr. A Saha’s wholehearted solitary effortin bringing this Biennial Report to its final form is realy commendable. We would like toacknowledge the support and help from all the faculty members and the various departments ofthe administration and Central Facilities for providing us with all the data on time, inspite of theirheavy schedule, since this period overlapped with the culmination of the X th five year plan.AN Sekar Iyengar8 September 2008