29th Annual Report (2016-17)

133 IUCAA, on behalf of India-TMT, is responsible for delivering the TCS to the TMT International Observatory (TIO). InApril 2016, the contract for the first phase of the project was awarded toOaces - HoneywellAutomation India Limited. The project started onApril 5, 2016 with a kick-off meeting at IUCAA, and an Orientation Workshop was conducted duringApril 18 - 29, 2016 at TMT Project Office (PO), Pasadena, USA. As part of this workshop, the TCS team that consists of engineers and scientists fromHoneywell, IUCAAandTMTProject Office also visited the Keck and SubaruTelescopes at Mauna Kea, Hawaii. TMT TCS team at the W. M. Keck Observatory, Mauna Kea, Hawaii. TMT TCS kick-off meeting at IUCAA (April 5, 2016)