Baldev Raj

Baldev Raj
Born (1947-04-09)9 April 1947
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Died 6 January 2018(2018-01-06) (aged 70)
Pune
Residence Bengaluru, India
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 for 2015. [5]

References

  1. BioData
  2. http://www.nias.res.in/content/people?qt-faculty_tabs=1#qt-faculty_tabs
  3. http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/balbio.htm
  4. Publication Details
  5. "Celebrating 22 Years of H. K. Firodia Awards for Excellence in Science & Technology". H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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