Rajagopala Chidambaram
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Rajagopalan Chidambaram | |
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2nd Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India | |
In office 2002–2018 | |
President | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee Ram Nath Kovind |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
Succeeded by | K. VijayRaghavan |
Personal details | |
Born | British India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) | 12 November 1936
Residence(s) | New Delhi, India |
Alma mater | University of Madras, Indian Institute of Science |
Known for | Nuclear weapons programme
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Awards | Indian Institute of Technology University of Hyderabad |
Rajagopala Chidambaram (born 11 November 1936) is an
Previously served as the principal scientific adviser to the federal Government of India, Chidambaram previously served as the director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)— and later as chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of the Government of India and he contributed in providing national defence and energy security to India. Chidambaram was chairman of the board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during 1994–95. He was also a member of the Commission of Eminent Persons appointed by the Director-General, IAEA, in 2008 to prepare a report on "The Role of the IAEA to 2020 and Beyond".
Throughout his career, Chidambaram played a key role in developing India's
Academic life
Chidambaram was born into a
Nuclear program
After receiving his doctorate in physics, Chidambaram joined the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He served as the director of the physics group initiating research on physical aspects of nuclear weapons. At BARC, he rose to become one of the senior nuclear scientists involved in various classified projects, and was one of the central figures building the nuclear programme. In 1967, Chidambaram joined the nuclear weapon designing effort along with his fellow scientists in constructing and building the metallurgical and physical aspects of the nuclear weapons. He and his colleagues worked out the equation of state of plutonium, which is still classified by all nuclear weapon states. He chose the
As Principal Scientific Adviser
Dr. R. Chidambaram was Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (until Dr. Krishnasamy VijayRaghavan,[9][10] replaced him in March 2018) and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory to the Cabinet of the Federal Government. Some of his initiatives as Principal Scientific Adviser, including the setting up of the Core Advisory Group for R&D in the Automotive Sector (CAR) to increase academia-industry interaction, the creation of RuTAGs (Rural Technology Action Groups) for effective need based technology delivery in rural areas, the establishment of SETS (Society for Electronic Transactions and Security), are making significant impact. During the last few years, he along with National Informatic Center helped conceptualise and supervise the setting up of the high-speed 'National Knowledge Network' to connect about 1,500 educational and research institutions in India. He has emphasized the need for 'Coherent Synergy' (a phrase he has coined) in India's Science & Technology (S&T) efforts to take India on a sustained fast-growth path. He has also focused on the importance of 'Directed Basic Research' as an addition to (not a substitute for) self-directed basic research.
Awards and honours
Chidambaram is the recipient a number of awards and honours. The Indian Government acknowledged his contribution to the successful nuclear tests by awarding the
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