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

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

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

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

References

  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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