Centre of Plasma Physics had the privilege to host the 16th National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology (PLASMA 2001) during December 17-20, 2001 at Guwahati. The symposium was organized in active collaboration of Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI).

More than 130 scientists and researchers from different universities and institutes of India took part in the symposium. Prof. H. Schamel of University of Bayreuth, Germany, was the lone foreign participant.

The symposium was organized at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, Guwahati, and was sponsored by, besides CPP itself, by the following scientic agencis, institutes and organizations:

• Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India
• Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
• Department of Science, Technology & Environment, Govt. of Assam
• Instute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
• Numaligarh Refinery Ltd., Numaligarh
• Northeat Development Finance Ltd., Guwahati

A group photo of the participants of PLASMA 2001 in front of the Administrative Building of the permanent campus of CPP
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Below you can find a few photographs relating to the symposium (Click over the photos for enlargement):

	Lt. Gen. S.K. Sinha, Governor of Assam, inaugurates the Symposium
Prof. S. Bujarbarua, Director of CPP, addresses the participants at the inaugural ceremony
	Dr. N. Venkatramani, BARC, delivers a lecture
Dr. H.C. Pant, CAt, delivers a lecture
	A section of the participants
Mrs. and Prof. Hans Schamel with Dr. H.C. Pant
	Dr. N. Venkatramani, BARC, inaugurates the Administrative Building of CPP at its permanent campus at Sonapur
Participants of the poster session at Sonapur campus
	Prof. A. Sen, Prof. S. Bujarbarua, Prof. A.C. Das, Prof. A. Rai Chaudhury, Dr. Ramprakash and Prof. P.I. John in front of the Administrative Building at Sonapur
Traditional Assamese Bihu dance at the cultural show