The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India's premier nuclear research facility located in Trombay, Mumbai. It was established in 1954 and conducts multi-disciplinary research covering nuclear science, engineering, and related areas. BARC's core mandate is to pursue peaceful applications of nuclear energy in areas like industry, medicine, and agriculture.

2. • India's premier nuclear research facility
• multi-disciplinary research covering
the entire spectrum of nuclear science,
engineering and related areas.
Dr Bhabha established the Atomic Energy Establishment,
Trombay (AEET) in January 1954
Dealing
with atoms

3. Headquarters
• Trombay,
• Mumbai,
• Maharashtra
• Director - K.N. Vyas

4. other research focus areas
Core mandate :- sustain peaceful applications
of nuclear energy
Industry
medicine
Agriculture

5. Core R & D in Agriculture
• large number of mutants in various crop plants and their
registration with the National Bureau of Plant Genetic
Resources, New Delhi
• Cellular and molecular basis of stress tolerance in bacteria
and plants
• Transgenic plants for improving biotic resistance and
enhanced remediation of heavy metals

6. • Micropropagation protocols for banana, sugarcane, pineapple,
potato, turmeric, ginger and medicinal plants

7. Protocols for direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis
have been established in banana, grapes, pineapple
and sugarcane

8. • Biological systems for remediation of organic and inorganic
pollutants and development of biosensors
• Understanding the extreme radiation resistance of
Deinococcus radiodurans and the nitrogen-fixing
cyanobacterium, Anabaena
• Uranium sequestration by marine cyanobacterium,
Synechococcus elongates

9. • Preservation, disinfestation or hygienization of
primary, secondary and tertiary food products and
also for quarantine treatment of exportable
agricultural commodities
• PET and Nuclear Medicine
• Extension of shelf life of Ready To Cook (RTC)
vegetables and food products, Indian meat products,
protein powders, sprouted legumes and blendarised
food for immuno-compromised patients is being
carried out.

10. Milestones
• April 26, 2007:India exported the first consignment of 720 kg
Alfonso and Keasr mangoes to the US after being irradiated at
BARC’s KRUSHAK plant at Lasalgaon, Nashik.
• January 1, 2000:BRIT's plant for radiation processing of spices
was commissioned at Vashi, Navi Mumbai.
• BRIT is an independent unit of department of atomic energy
which provides products and services based on radiation &
isotopes for applications in healthcare, agriculture, research
and industry.

11. • Released 42 seed varieties for commercial
exploitation

14. Employees details
• No of Gazetted officers :- 4713

17. • Source of radiations used is cobalt-60
• Rearely caesium-137 is also used as a source
of radiation
• The strength of co-60 is 200 curies
• The source of radiation located at the centre
• The area is divided into concentric circles with
varying intensity of radiation

18. • The intensity of radiation decrease as one
move away from centre.
Different areas of gamma garden:
Sector -1
• They are plants nearest to the central
radiation sources
• Plants in sector-1 usually die immediatly due
to high dose of radiations .
• They are not used further in experiments.

19. • Sector -2
• This includes plants located next to sector -1
• These plants develop severe tumors,
malformation and other abnormalities.
• These plants are also not used in further
experiments.

20. • Sector -3
• Include plants located next to sector -2
• They are the actual plants of interest in gamma
garden.
• They may have random mutation not severe
enough to damage the crop plant.
• Variations obtained in this sector 3 are further
used in breeding experiments.
• They can be used as source of variation in
hybridization or can be directly released as
variety.

21. • ADVANTAGE:
• Gamma garden produce large variation within
a short time.
• Desirable mutants can be released directly as s
new variety.
• Gamma garden are good example of the
peaceful use of atomic energy for human
welfare.

22. DISADVANTAGE:
• High initial investment required.
• Other cheapest mutation method are now
available .
• Chance of undesirable mutation are very high.
• Mutation are random, we cannot predict the
effect of mutation .
• Loss of many natural good qualities of crops
due to recessive mutation.