D-Day, The First Day of Institutes.
Daniël in Indiareis 2018 2018-05-01 18:47, laatste update 2020-09-30 13:00
So remember when Bartje told you about the others which were "not so lucky" with the dinner yesterday? Yeah, today was D-Day (Diarrhea Day), the first day of visiting institutes. Some were sick (vomiting), and others, like myself, were introduced to the Delhi Belly. The first thing one did when entering an institute was not locating the escape routes, but the nearest bathrooms.
So the institutes: we've visited CSIR-NPL and the University of Delhi. At the first institute we were placed in a conference room where Peter introduced the Director, chief scientist and two other heads of science to The Netherlands and the city of Nijmegen.
After a presentation of the director, Dr. R.P. Pant, we were led to the atom clocks and time servers providing the country of very exact times, and the temperature measurements room, where they measure the unit Kelvin with very high precision using e.g. the triple point of H2O.
We received a lift to the metro station, where we took the long ride to the University of Delhi, where we were greeted with great enthusiasm by the head of the Astrophysics department. They have never had the experience of a group of students visiting their university from abroad, so they were really excited and valued our input.
We were toured around by almost all the PhD students present, who were able to thoroughly explain to us all the research they were performing during their PhD. A remarkable thing was that the ratio male-female PhD's was about 1:2, which is a sight you won't see in Nijmegen! One of the PhD's walked with us to the metro afterwards, where his friends were waiting, helping us returning to the hotel.
To close this off, I've added pictures of Ludo, Camille and me with our great friends at the street corner, providing us with delicious Chipatas and curry for only ₹10 in the early morning (7:45). Lastly, you see Ludo and Camille trying to tackle the chaotic traffic in New Delhi, dodging all the Tuk Tuk drivers hoping to give us a ride. (story continues below)
btw shameless Polarsteps plug, use this to follow the trip from my perspective omg: click here
Daniël out.