India today made a fresh push towards seeks associate membership of prestigious European Organisation for Nuclear Research, popularly known as CERN. A high-level delegation of the Geneva-based scientific body met Union Minister for Science and Technlogy Harsh Vardhan and Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh. Mr. Vardhan said that they reiterated Government's commitments towards the CERN and take it forward.<br/>Indian scientists from the Departments of Atomic Energy and Science and Technology have been actively participating and collaborating with CERN. <br/>The major advantage of associate membership of CERN is that it will entitle India to become a part of a huge scientific and technological endeavour. This will also offer an opportunity to Indian industry to bid for CERN contracts for industrial collaboration in advanced technologies.<br/>Established in 1954, it is the world's largest body of experts in nuclear and particle physics, where scientists and<br/>engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. CERN is the birthplace of World Wide Web. The<br/>touch screen technology widely used in smartphones was also first developed by CERN.