21st international conference on nuclear tracks in solids new delhi, india; 21–25 october 2002

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21st International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in SolidsNew Delhi, India; 21–25 October 2002

Organized byArunachal University, Itanagar

Nuclear Science Centre, New DelhiInternational Nuclear Track Society (INTS)

Sponsored byDepartment of Science and Technology, New Delhi

Council of Scienti0c and Industrial Research, New DelhiUniversity Grants Commission, New DelhiMinistry of Tribal A2airs, New Delhi

Ministry of Environment and Forest, New DelhiDefence Research and Development Organization, New Delhi

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE, INTS

President: Kamal Kant Dwivedi, IndiaExecutive Vice President: Peter Vater, Germany

Secretary: Michel Fromm, FranceTreasurer: Gilbert J;onsson, SwedenPast President: Radomir Ili<c, Slovenia

Members

A. Abdel-Naby, Egypt R. Hashemi-Nezhad, AustraliaF.A. Abu-Jarad, Saudi Arabia K. Oda, JapanK.M. Abu-Murad, Jordan J. Palfalvi, HungaryM.I. AI-Jarallah, Saudi Arabia L. Patrizii, ItalyP. Apel, Russia I. Quereshi, PakistanF. Bochicchio, Italy A. Saad, EgyptA. Chambaudet, France L. Sajo-Bohus, VenezuelaG. Espinosa, Mexico B. Sartowska, PolandB. GrabeCz, Yugoslavia N. Segovia, MexicoS.L. Guo, China H.S. Virk, IndiaJ.C. Hadler Neto, Brazil

Honorary Members

R. Brandt, Germany D.F. O’Sullivan, IrelandS.A. Durrani, UK V.P. PerelyginX, RussiaH.A. Khan, Pakistan E. Schopper, Germany

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NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Asis Datta, New Delhi V.S. Ramamurthy, New DelhiH.P. Dikshit, New Delhi Amit Roy, New DelhiHari P. Gautam, New Delhi Satya Prakash, AgraAnil Kakodkar, Mumbai Manju Sharma, New DelhiY.P. Kumar, New Delhi K. Siddappa, BangaloreLalit Mangotra, Jammu D.V. Singh, RoorkeeS.B. Manohar, Mumbai R.S. Sirohi, New DelhiR.A. Mashelkar, New Delhi P.R. Trivedi, New DelhiG. Mehta, Bangalore A.L. Verma, NirjuliG.K. Mehta, Allahabad H.S. Virk, AmritsarK.N. Pathak, Chandigarh K.K. Dwivedi, Itanagar

NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman Co-Chairman ConvenorK.K. Dwivedi, ltanagar H.S. Virk, Amritsar D.K. Avasthi, New Delhi

Members

A.M. Bhagwat, Mumbai R.H. Iyer, MumbaiS.K. Chakravarty, Kurukshetra P.C. Kalsi, MumbaiR. Chatterjee, New Delhi D.T. Khathing, ShillongA.K. Ganguly, Kolkata Shyam Kumar, KurukshetraT.D. Goswami, Guwahati Sudershan Kumar, JodhpurSubhash Kumar, Jalandhar K.K. Sharma, DehradunRajendra Prasad, Aligarh Surinder Singh, AmritsarA. Ramaswami, Mumbai Alok Srivastava, ChandigarhVijaylaxmi Rao, Mangalore D.S. Srivastava, AligarhAsiti Sarma, New Delhi Y.K. Vijay, Jaipur

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

D. Kanjilal, New Delhi P. Dwivedi, ItanagarRavi Kumar, New Delhi S. Gopinath, ItanagarAmbuj Tripathi, New Delhi P.C. Tewari, ItanagarFouran Singh, New Delhi R.K. Sharma, New DelhiV.V. Siva Kumar, New Delhi B.R. Chakraborty, New DelhiSaif Ahmed Khan, New Delhi A.M. Siddiqui, New DelhiR.N. Dutt, New Delhi H.S. Nagaraja, New DelhiK. Asokan, New Delhi Tanuja Mohanty, New DelhiA. Sarma, New Delhi S.K. Srivastava, New DelhiD. Sen, New Delhi D.K. Avasthi, New DelhiS.K. Patnaik, Itanagar A. Rastogi, New DelhiR. Dwivedi, Itanagar B.R. Mehta, New DelhiD.K. Mishra, Itanagar K. Srinivas, New DelhiV. Upadhyaya, Itanagar Shyam Kumar, KurukshetraTana Showen, Itanagar Y.K. Vijay, Jaipur

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