 Prof. S.Miyake from Osaka City University visited TIFR in  Null experiment of MNR on the flux of cosmic ray muons deep underground.  First Detection of Atmospheric Neutrinos at Kolar Gold Fields in  Muon angular distribution : Limits on direct production of muons.  Muon Depth-Intensity curve.  Nucleon Decay and Monopole search experiments.  Closure of KGF mines in 1992  Indo-Japanese Collaboration continuing at Ooty on Extensive Air Shower (EAS) experiments.  Participation in Belle Experiment by Indian groups.

 9th International Workshop on Neutrino Factories, Superbeams, and Betabeams (NUFACT07), held at Okayama, Japan during 6-11 August,  Jointly sponsored by DST and JSPS.  A delegation of 12 Indian neutrino physicists attended this meeting  N.K.Mondal from TIFR and M.Sakuda from Okayama University were the co-chairs of this workshop.

 Date?  Visit of KEK delegation to SINP/VECC, Kolkata  Agreed to continue the interactions in the context of INO experiment  A follow up meeting was suggested

 November 27-28, 2007  Talks from INO side  INO: Plan & StatusNaba K Mondal  Physics with INOAmitava Raychaudhuri  INO magnetVivek Datar  INO RPCsSudeb Bhattacharya  INO electronicsB. Satyanarayana  Held extensive discussions on technical and collaboration issues with and visited facilities of:  Prof. A.Suzuki (KEK, Director General)  Prof. F.Takasaki(KEK, Director of Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies)  Prof. K.Nakamura  Prof. S.Kurokawa  Prof. K.Nishikawa(T2K spokesperson)  Prof. K.Abe(Belle experiment, expert of RPCs)  Prof. K.Kaneyuki(expert of atmospheric neutrino)  Prof. T.Nakamoto(expert of superconducting magnet)  Prof. M.Masuzawa(expert of normal conducting magnet  Prof. Y.Arai(expert of micro electronics)  Prof. T.Taniguchi(expert of electronics general)

 Prof Kazuo Abe visited INO RPC labs at TIFR and made invaluable suggestions on various aspects of detector development and characterisation  Prof Yasuo Arai shared his TDC hardware and helped in integrating in the VME based INO RPC test stand

 January 28-29, 2009  Status reports  Status of INO - Naba Mondal  Comments on INO Proposal - Yuichi Oyama  Introduction to ICAL electronics - B.Satyanarayana  Introduction to ICAL Magnet - M.S.Bhatia  Introduction to ICAL Simulations - G. Majumder  Parallel sessions on the above areas for detailed discussions between INO-KEK experts and designers  Summaries and action plans

 Prof Yusuo Arai and his group will help in the design and fabrication of ICAL electronics  Interface to the Japanese electronics and chip fabrication industry  Invitation to join KEK led Multi Project Wafer (MPW) initiative to test out our prototype electronics designs  Possibility of Japanese industry’s involvement in supply of materials for and fabrication of ICAL magnet  Exchange of expertise in mutually beneficial areas