Press Release on the Commission of Eminent Persons constituted by the IAEA An update on CAR An update on RuTAG The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, has setup, on the 7th of May, 2007, an Expert Committee on Impacts of Climate Change with Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (PSA), as the Chairman and Dr. S.K. Sikka, Scientific Secretary to the PSA, as one of the members. The tenure of the Committee is 3 years and can be extended further, if required. A paper authored by Dr R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India,on Directed Basic Research was published in the 10th May, 2007 issue of Current Science Inauguration of a gravity ropeway system for remote hilly areas of Uttarakhand by Dr. S. K. Sikka, Scientific Secretary.