Dr. Sekhar Basu took charge as a Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy

Dr. Sekhar Basu took charge as Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India in Mumbai on October 23, 2015. Currently, Sekhar Basu is also a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE) and Indian Society for Non Destructive Testing (ISNT).

Dr. Sekhar Basu took charge as Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India in Mumbai on October 23, 2015. Currently, Sekhar Basu is also a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE) and Indian Society for Non Destructive Testing (ISNT).

Dr. Sekhar Basu

Dr. Sekhar Basu is a renowned nuclear scientist. Prior to his appointment as Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission he was serving as the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Sekhar Basu also worked as the Project Director of Nuclear Submarine Programme and as the Chief Executive of the Nuclear Recycle Board in the same institute. Dr. Basu is an engineer and has played a lead role in multiple areas of nuclear science and engineering.

Born on September 20, 1952, Dr. Basu did his schooling from Ballygunge Government School, Kolkata. In the year 1974, he completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), University of Mumbai. In the year 1975, he joined the Reactor Engineering Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).

Dr. Sekhar Basu started his career by designing fuel for Boiling Water Reactor. Afterwards, Sekhar Basu took up the responsibility of the development of nuclear submarine propulsion plant and built the land based prototype at Kalpakkam from scratch. Sekhar Basu also contributed in the development and construction of nuclear recycle plants at Tarapur and Kalpakkam. Sekhar Basu was awarded with Indian Nuclear Society Award in the year 2002 whereas he also received DAE Awards in the year 2006 and 2007. He was honoured with Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2014. In the year 2013, he was awarded with D.Lit. (Honoris Causa) degree by Jadavpur University.

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