Srikumar Banerjee

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Srikumar Banerjee
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Known forIndian nuclear program
AwardsPadma Shri (2005)
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1989)
Scientific career
FieldsMetallurgy
InstitutionsBhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
Atomic Energy Commission of India (AECI)

Srikumar Banerjee (25 April 1946

metallurgical engineer. He retired as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India (AECI) and the secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on 30 April 2012. Prior to his stint as DAE chairman, he was the director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) from 30 April 2004 to 19 May 2010.[2]
He had also served as a DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. He was known as a great physical metallurgist.

Banerjee died during the early morning of 23 May 2021, from a heart attack at his residence in Navi Mumbai. He had recovered from COVID-19 in previous month.[3]

Education

In 1967, Banerjee obtained a

metallurgical engineering
by IIT, Kharagpur, in 1974.

Banerjee held visiting positions overseas which include the

Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, University of Cincinnati and the Ohio State University
, USA (as Visiting Faculty).

Honors and recognition

Banerjee was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Engineering Science (1989) and Government of India’s civilian award, Padma Shri, in 2005.[5]

In 2010, the University of Calcutta awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science degree.[6]

Banerjee was a Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad, and the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Banerjee was DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. He was appointed the Chairman, Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur from 21 March 2014, for a period of three years.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee awardee Dr Srikumar Banerjee". CSIR Human Resource Development Group, New Delhi. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Dr Srikumar Banerjee". Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee dead". The Economic Times. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Srikumar Banerjee". Indian National Science Academy. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Padma Awardees 2005". Outlook India Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Annual Convocation". University of Calcutta. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Srikumar Banerjee". IIT Kharagpur. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014.

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