In Mumbai, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Director-General Pietro Barabaschi, centre, met with Ajit Kumar Mohanty, the Chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission (6th from left). Also present in the photo are: Ujjwal Kumar Baruah, head of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ India (1st from left); Sriram Kattalai Ramachandran, head of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Office of the Director-General (4th from left) and Ravi B. Grover, professor emeritus, Homi Bhabha National Institute and head of the Indian delegation to the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Council (6th from right).
Accompanied Sriram Kattalai Ramachandran, head of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Office of the Director-General, Mr Barabaschi started off his visit in Mumbai by meeting with the Chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India Ajit Kumar Mohanty, followed by a visit to 's design and R&D laboratories. (Larsen & Toubro manufactured the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ cryostat under contract with ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ India.) The following day in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Director-General gave a presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session, to the staff of and the . His brief stay in Ahmedabad was also the occasion to visit the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ India laboratory hosting the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ radiofrequency source testing facility.