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Bal Raj Nijhawan
Born22 September 1915
Government of Czechoslovakia Award of Honour and Gold Medal
Banaras Hindu University
Distinguished Alumnus Award

Bal Raj Nijhawan, (22 September 1915 – 6 April 2014) was an Indian metallurgist, author and the first Director of Indian origin of the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian science award, which he received in 1964 in the Engineering sciences category.[4] The Government of India honoured him in 1958, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.[5]

Biography

Bal Raj Nijhawan was born to Rajwanti and Lala Sukh Diyal Nijhawan, as one of their six children, four boys and two girls, on 22 September 1915

Banares Hindu University in metallurgy to get a BSc degree in 1936.[6] Later, he moved to London and secured a doctorate in Metallurgy from University of Sheffield in 1941.[6]

Nijhawan moved to India with his family during the Partition of India in 1947 and joined the National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), which was in its infancy at that time, in the fifties.[6] Over the years, he became the Director of NML, the first Indian to reach the position. He worked there till 1966 when he moved to Vienna, Austria[1][2] to join the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as the Senior Inter-Regional Advisor (Metallurgical Industries).[6] He worked with UNIDO for 28 years[6] till his retirement in 1986.[1][2]

After retirement from UNIDO, Bal Raj Nijhawan shifted his residence to

Bradenton, Florida.[1][2]

Legacy

Nijhawan is one of the pioneers of engineering metallurgy in India and has done extensive research in the subject.

stainless steels from Cr, Mn, and N systems[1][2] and indigenous raw materials.[3][6] He led a research and development project on low-shaft ironmaking/steelmaking technologies which are in popular use the world over.[1][2] He was also reported to have developed several substitute families of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys.[4] His researches have been documented by way of a book,[8] a monograph,[9] several edited works[10][11][12] and over 500 technical publications and he held over 55 patents for his researches.[1][2]

Nijhawan was the first director of Indian origin at the

UNIDO, he assisted countries such as UK, US, Poland, Czechoslovakia and many developing countries in their metallurgical technology development.[6] His contributions are noted in the establishment of 25 metallurgical engineering centres[1][2] and mineral and metallurgical RampD replica watches centres in developing countries.[6]

Publications

Awards and recognitions

Bal Raj Nijhawan, an elected fellow of the

Government of Poland honoured him with an award in 1986 and the Government of Czechoslovakia followed suit with their award of honour in 1989.[6]

Winner of the Distinguished Alumnus award from the

Banares Hindu University in 1973, Nijhawan was an elected fellow of Institute of Metallurgists, London, ASM International (society), (former American Society of Metals) (1988) and the National Academy of Sciences, India.[6][14] He was a member of the British Iron and Steel Institute (UK) and an honorary member of the Society Francoise de Metallurgies, Paris.[6] He held the life membership of ASM International and the senior membership of Iron and Steel Society of USA during his lifetime.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Tampa Bay Times". Tampa Bay Times. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Kokomo". Kokomo. 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Avenue Mail". Avenue Mail. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "SSB Prize". SSB Prize. 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Insa India". Insa India. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Bhaskar". Bhaskar. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. ASIN B0007K2PTW
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  9. ISBN 9780871704573
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  10. ^ B. R. Nijhawan, P. K. Gupte (1958). Symposium on Production, Properties and Applications of Alloy and Special Steels, Held on 1-4 February 1956. National Metallurgical Laboratory.
  11. ^ B. R. Nijhawan. Development of Corrosion Resistant Alloys.
  12. ^ P. H. Kutar, B. R. Nijhawan. Some Problems of Iron- and Steelmaking in the Hindustan Steel Plants.
  13. ^ a b "NML". NML. 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  14. ISBN 9788177641042
    . Retrieved 20 April 2015.


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