This section provides an overview of India's participation and leadership in Mega Science Projects and large scientific facilities. These are long-term, high-cost, multi-institutional efforts that open up new frontiers in basic and applied science.
| Project Title | Focus Area | Ministry / Departments |
|---|---|---|
| Aditya-L1 | Space Sciences | Department of Space (DoS) |
| A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) | High Energy Physics | Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| AstroSat | Space Sciences | Department of Space (DoS) |
| Chandrayaan-2 | Space Sciences | Department of Space (DoS) |
| Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) | High Energy Physics | Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) | Particle Physics | Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) | Nuclear Physics | Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) |
| Large Hadron Collider (LHC) | High Energy Physics | Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) | Astrophysics | Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Long Term Ecological Observatories for Climate Change (LTEO) | Climate Research | Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) |
| Mars Orbiter Mission | Space Sciences | Department of Space (DoS) |
| Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) | Healthcare | Council of Scientific and Industrial research (CSIR) |
| Square Kilometre Array (SKA) | Radio Astrophysics | Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects | Energy Sciences | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) |
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