Baldev Raj | |
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Born |
Jammu and Kashmir, India | 9 April 1947
Died | 6 January 2018 | (aged 70)
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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.
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]
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.
He was awarded one of the H K Firodia awards, padma shri award also for 2015. [5]