31 March 2016 — The US and India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for establishing an advanced gravitational-wave detector in India. France A. Córdova, Director of the National Science Foundation, and representatives of India’s Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology, signed the MoU in the presence of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Image: NSF/Fleming Crim.)
From the NSF website: “Today, National Science Foundation (NSF) Director France A. Córdova signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to lead the way for establishing an advanced gravitational-wave detector in India. The MOU was also signed by representatives from India’s Department of Atomic Energy and India’s Department of Science and Technology.”
Read the NSF Press Release.