About INPA
The Indian Nuclear Physics Association is a scientific society and national platform for India’s nuclear-physics community.
Formation and registration
A national online meeting held on 5 November 2025 brought together more than one hundred members of the nuclear-physics community and advanced the formation of INPA.
INPA received its certificate of registration as a society on 2 May 2026. The published registration number is VAR/00818/2026-27.
Published objectives
- Advance theoretical and experimental research in nuclear physics in India.
- Provide a common platform for collaboration among researchers, scientists, and educators.
- Organise national and international conferences, webinars, and seminars from time to time.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to students pursuing careers in nuclear science.
- Publish journals and research papers in nuclear physics.
- Recognise scientists and students for outstanding research and innovation through medals, fellowships, and cash awards.
- Promote the safe and peaceful use of nuclear energy in medicine, including cancer treatment, as well as in agriculture and power generation.
- Foster collaboration among institutions to enable shared use of the country’s major nuclear reactors and accelerators.
- Recommend updates to university physics curricula to keep pace with advances in technology.
- Facilitate collaboration between Indian scientists and international nuclear research centres such as CERN and JINR.
- Correct public misconceptions about nuclear radiation and energy and promote scientific awareness.
- Provide technical advice to the government and relevant bodies on nuclear policy and the development of science.
INPA office
Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, 221005, Uttar Pradesh