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An Obituary-Dr. Baldev Raj 30


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1 Nondestructive Testing Division, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India
 

Dr. Baldev Raj, a Distinguished Scientist, Padma Shree Awardee, renowned administrator of nuclear power science and technologies of our country and the Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, passed away on January 6, 2018, aged 70 at Pune. Raj had assumed leadership of the NIAS in 2014. Previously, he had served as the President of Research at P.S.G. Institutions (2011-2014), Coimbatore, and as the Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (2004-2011), Kalpakkam. Born on April 9, 1947, he had a distinguished degree in metallurgy from NIT Raipur, completed his Ph.D. in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science during 1989. Dr. Raj had his initial training in nuclear technology from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay.
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P. Palanichamy
Nondestructive Testing Division, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India

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Dr. Baldev Raj, a Distinguished Scientist, Padma Shree Awardee, renowned administrator of nuclear power science and technologies of our country and the Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, passed away on January 6, 2018, aged 70 at Pune. Raj had assumed leadership of the NIAS in 2014. Previously, he had served as the President of Research at P.S.G. Institutions (2011-2014), Coimbatore, and as the Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (2004-2011), Kalpakkam. Born on April 9, 1947, he had a distinguished degree in metallurgy from NIT Raipur, completed his Ph.D. in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science during 1989. Dr. Raj had his initial training in nuclear technology from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay.