I have an interest in Nuclear Physics
I am a student of class XI and have taken a non-medical stream. I have an interest in Nuclear Physics and would like to pursue a career in this field. Which are the institutes in India for this field?
Rishabh Dharmani
Nuclear Physics deals with study of the structure of matter at the atomic level. The subject is mainly applied in nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons technology. A few other applications of the subject are nuclear medicine, ion implantation in material engineering, magnetic resonance imaging, and radiocarbon dating in geology and archaeology.
To enter the field of nuclear science you should have a good grounding in Physics. So you could start with an UG degree in Physics and go for PG with specialization like nuclear physics. Some of the institutes offering such courses are IIT Mumbai, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Guwahati, Madras and Roorkee; The Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore; The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata; TATA Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai; Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar; Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi.
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