Baldev Raj Explained

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, padma shri award also for 2015.^[5]

External links

• Home Page

Notes and References

1. Web site: BioData . 26 March 2009 . 4 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090304193602/http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/balbio.htm . dead .
2. Web site: People | National Institute of Advanced Studies.
3. Web site: Bio Data of Baldev Raj . 26 March 2009 . 4 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090304193602/http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/balbio.htm . dead .
4. Web site: Publication Details . 2 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090706054929/http://www.igcar.ernet.in/director/publications.htm . 6 July 2009 . dead .
5. Web site: Celebrating 22 Years of H. K. Firodia Awards for Excellence in Science & Technology. H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation. 1 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234211/http://hkfirodiaawards.org/awards_2.html. 4 March 2016. dead.