Among the scientists from 27 countries working at the world's most advanced nuclear fusion laboratory, near the university city of Oxfod, is an Indian Dr. Ved Bhatnagar, a native of Meerut. He is a research scientist at the JET project, the purpose of which is to develop a machine which will produce nuclear energy by the process of fusion, rather than fission, which is the basis of present-day reactors and power plants.