TIFR National Balloon Facility

I am looking for details about TIFR National Balloon Facility (TNBF) at Hyderabad of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay so please provide me the same including Balloon Facility Staff List and details about History of Ballooning in TIFR?

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The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of India is a premier research institution in India in the field of radio astronomy is located in the Pune University Campus, is part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India

Faculty List

Prof. Devendra K. Ojha
Chairman, TIFR Balloon Facility Committee
Email: chairbfc AT tifr . res . in

B Suneel Kumar
Scientist-in-Charge
Email: bsuneel AT tifr . res . in


Balloon Facility
Stalin Peter G Scientific Officer
N Nagendra Scientific Officer
Rohit Kumar Lodha Scientific Assistant
T Mallesham Laboratory Assistant
N Saravanan Tradesman
Goutham Reddy Laboratory Assistant
Praveen Reddy Laboratory Assistant
Jahangir Pasha Laboratory Assistant
T Ashok Laboratory Assistant
S M Patil Laboratory Assistant
P Balachary Work Assistant
G Sagar Laboratory Assistant

ADMINISTRATION

D Manohar Administrative Officer
M Ramakrishna Clerk
K Kishore Kumar Clerk
N Subramaniyan Clerk
P Ravinder Babu Clerk
B Pramod Work Assistant

ELECTRONICS GROUP
D Anand Scientific Officer
V Anmi Reddy Scientific Officer
T Venkateswara Rao Scientific Officer
B V N Kapardhi Scientific Officer
Dharmesh B Trivedi Scientific Officer
Santosh Koli Scientific Officer
Selva Kumar Scientific Assistant
D L Hari Naik Laboratory Assistant
T Jagan Laboratory Assistant

WORKSHOP GROUP
P M Kulkarni Engineer
Sakram Korra Scientific Officer
K Umamaheswara Rao Laboratory Assistant
A Sampath Tradesman

AUXILIARY STAFF
K Venkatesham Senior Driver
Dilip Vithal Rao Driver
P Laxman Security Guard
K Navakrishna Security Guard
Rakesh Roshan Security Guard
G Ramlal Hiralal Security Guard
Sk Mukhtar Ali Cook
Atma Ram Naik Cook
K Sekhar Work Assistant
Prathmesh Gawade Work Assistant
Balakrishna Work Assistant
Mohammed Riyaz Pasha Work Assistant
P Venkatesh Work Assistant


Contact Details:

TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH (TIFR),
BALLOON FACILITY,
POST BAG NO. 5, ECIL POST OFFICE,
HYDERABAD - 500 062, TELANGANA, INDIA.
Telephone: 091-040-27123978, 27122505, 27122894.
Fax : 091-040-27123327
Email: balloons@tifr.res.in