Baldev Raj
Baldev Raj | |
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Born | Jammu and Kashmir, India | 9 April 1947
Died | 6 January 2018 Pune | (aged 70)
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Indian Institute of Science National Institute of Technology, Raipur Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | National Institute of Advanced Studies Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar National Institute of Technology Puducherry |
Baldev Raj (9 April 1947 – 6 January 2018) was an Indian scientist and director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam, India.
Education[]
He had a Bachelors in Engineering (B.E.) from Government Engineering College, Raipur Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (Now National Institute of Technology, Raipur), and a PhD from IISc, Bangalore, D.Sc. (h.c.) from Sathyabama Deemed University, Chennai.[1] [2][3][4]
Career[]
He was director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam, India. He was also the director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies.
He died on 6 January 2018 in Pune from an apparent cardiac arrest.
Awards[]
He was awarded one of the H K Firodia awards, also for 2015. [5]
References[]
- ^ BioData
- ^ http://www.nias.res.in/content/people?qt-faculty_tabs=1#qt-faculty_tabs
- ^ http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/balbio.htm
- ^ "Publication Details". Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ "Celebrating 22 Years of H. K. Firodia Awards for Excellence in Science & Technology". H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2018 deaths
- Engineers from Jammu and Kashmir
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering
- Indian Institute of Science alumni
- Indian metallurgists
- Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology alumni
- 20th-century Indian engineers
- National Institute of Technology, Raipur alumni