India-based Neutrino Observatory—the present status

Very important developments have occurred recently in neutrino physics and neutrino astronomy. Impelled by this discoveries and implications for the future of particle physics, a number of facilities are being planned and developed world-wide, to explore many other unanswered questions in this field. India was a pioneer in neutrino experiments. It is planned to revive underground neutrino experiments in India. A multi-institutional Neutrino Collaboration has been formed with the objective of creating an India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO). The collaboration is presently engaged in the feasibility study. This paper presents very briefly the status of the project based on the feasibility study done so far. More information may be found on the INO website : http://www.imsc.res.in/~ino.