Nationality Indian Parents Purushottam Kakodkar | Role Scientist Name Anil Kakodkar Fields Mechanical Engineering | |
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Institutions Atomic Energy Commission of IndiaDepartment of Atomic EnergyBhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Alma mater Ruparel CollegeVJTI, University of MumbaiUniversity of Nottingham Education Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, University of Nottingham, University of Mumbai, Ruparel College Similar People Purushottam Kakodkar, Rajagopala Chidambaram, Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Smriti Irani | ||
Scientist anil kakodkar resigns from iit bombay board of governors
Anil Kakodkar (Marathi: अनिल काकोडकर; born 11 November 1943) is an Indian nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer. He was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the Secretary to the Government of India, he was the Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay from 1996–2000. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour, on 26 January 2009.
Contents
- Scientist anil kakodkar resigns from iit bombay board of governors
- Walk the talk with anil kakodkar part 1
- Early life
- Career
- Other positions
- National awards
- Other awards
- References
Apart from playing a major role in India's nuclear tests asserting sovereignty, Kakodkar champions India's self-reliance on thorium as a fuel for nuclear energy.
Walk the talk with anil kakodkar part 1
Early life
Kakodkar was born in 1943 (11 November 1943), in Barwani princely state (present day Madhya Pradesh state) to Kamala Kakodkar and Purushottam Kakodkar, both Gandhian freedom fighters. He had his early education at Barwani and at Khargone, until moving to Mumbai for post-matriculation studies.
Kakodkar graduated from Ruparel College, then from VJTI, University of Mumbai with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1963. He joined the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in 1964. He obtained a master's degree in experimental stress analysis from the University of Nottingham in 1969.
Career
He joined the Reactor Engineering Division of the BARC and played a key role in design and construction of the Dhruva reactor, a completely original but high-tech project. He was a part of the core team of architects of India's Peaceful Nuclear Tests in 1974 and 1998. Further he has led the indigenous development in India's Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor Technology. He worked in the rehabilitation of the two reactors at Kalpakkam and the first unit at Rawatbhata, which at one stage were on the verge of being written off.
In 1996 he became Director of the BARC and since 2000 he is leading the Atomic Energy Commission of India and also is the secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy.
He has published over 250 scientific papers.
He believes that India should be self-reliant in energy, especially by use of the cheap national thorium resources. He continues to engage in designing the Advanced Heavy Water Reactor, that uses thorium-uranium 233 as the primary energy source with plutonium as the driver fuel. The unique reactor system, with simplified but safe technology, will generate 75 per cent of electricity from thorium.
Other positions
Dr. Kakodkar is a member of many boards, commissions, and other organizations. Some of them are: