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Dr. Praveen Chaddah, Ph.D., F.N.A., F.A.Sc., Director, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, was elected a Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India Allahabad in 2006 for his significant contributions on 1st order phase transitions in vortex-matter in superconductors, as also in magnetic materials.

As per the present MoU, collaboration between the Department of Atomic Energy and University Grants Commission will be expanded to cover the disciplines of physical sciences, chemical sciences, life sciences and engineering sciences. DAE will continue to make the major research facilities accessible to the researchers from the universities and institutions of higher learning through the consortium. It will also make available the infrastructural and accessorial facilities such as laboratories, library, workshop etc. necessary to carry on the research work. The UGC, through the Consortium, will continue to make suitable financial provision for the salary of the core scientific, technical and administrative staff, fellowship to research students, the travel and stay of the visiting faculty, and other recurring and non-recurring expenditure on the functioning of the Consortium. It will also provide adequate grant for equipment and consumables.

-- Extracted from UGC News (January 2004, page 20)

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