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Baldev Raj

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Baldev Raj
Born(1947-04-09)9 April 1947
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Died6 January 2018(2018-01-06) (aged 70)
Pune
Alma mater
Scientific career
Institutions

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

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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

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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

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He was awarded one of the H K Firodia awards, padma shri award also for 2015.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "BioData". Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  2. ^ "People | National Institute of Advanced Studies".
  3. ^ "Bio Data of Baldev Raj". Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Publication Details". Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Celebrating 22 Years of H. K. Firodia Awards for Excellence in Science & Technology". H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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