Anil Kakodkar

Anil Kakodkar (Marathi: ; bornNovember 11, 1943) is an Indian nuclear scientist andmechanical engineer. He was the chairman of the AtomicEnergy Commission of India and the Secretary to theGovernment of India, he was the Director of the BhabhaAtomic Research Centre, Trombay from 1996-2000. Hewas awarded the Padma Vibhushan, Indias second high-est civilian honour, on January 26, 2009.Apart from playing a major role in Indias nuclear testsasserting sovereignty, Kakodkar champions Indias self-reliance on thorium as a fuel for nuclear energy.

1 Early lifeKakodkar was born in 1943 (November 11, 1943), inBarwani princely state (present day Madhya Pradeshstate) to Kamala Kakodkar and Purushottam Kakodkar,both Gandhian freedom ghters. He had his early educa-tion at Barwani and at Khargone, until moving toMumbaifor post-matriculation studies.Kakodkar graduated from Ruparel College, then fromVJTI, University of Mumbai with a degree in MechanicalEngineering in 1963. He joined the Bhabha Atomic Re-search Centre (BARC) in 1964. He obtained a mastersdegree in experimental stress analysis from the Universityof Nottingham in 1969.

2 CareerHe joined the Reactor Engineering Division of theBARC and played a key role in design and constructionof the Dhruva reactor, a completely original but high-techproject. He was a part of the core team of architects of In-dias Peaceful Nuclear Tests in 1974 and 1998. Furtherhe has led the indigenous development in Indias Pres-surised Heavy Water Reactor Technology. His work inthe rehabilitation of the two reactors at Kalpakkam andthe rst unit at Rawatbhata, which at one stage were onthe verge of being written o, are examples of his engi-neering capability.In 1996 he became Director of the BARC and since 2000he is leading the Atomic Energy Commission of India andalso is the secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy.He has published over 250 scientic papers.He believes that India should be self-reliant in energy, es-

pecially by use of the cheap national thorium resources.Today, he continues to engage in designing the AdvancedHeavy Water Reactor, that uses thorium-uranium 233 asthe primary energy source with plutonium as the driverfuel. The unique reactor system, with simplied but safetechnology, will generate 75 per cent of electricity fromthorium.

3 Other positionsDr. Kakodkar is a member of many Boards, Commis-sions and other reputed Organisations. Some of the themare:

Chairman, Board of Governors of the Indian Insti-tute of Technology, Bombay 2006-15.[1]

Member, Atomic Energy Commission[2]

Member, ONGC Energy Centre Trust[3]

Chairman, empowered committee on IIT reforms[4]

Presently updated April-2014 he is serving as a Directoron Central Board of Reserve Bank of India.[5]

He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy ofEngineering and served as its President during 1999-2000.

He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,the National Academy of Sciences, India and theMaharashtra Academy of Sciences.

He is a member of the-- International Nuclear En-ergy Academy and Honorary member of the WorldInnovation Foundation. He was member of theInternational Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (IN-SAG) during 1999-2002

He is on the board of Governors of VJTI, Mumbai

He will head Rail safety committee as per Rail bud-get speech by Railway Minister in 2012

He is Chairman Rajiv Gandhi Science and Tech-nology Commission, Government of Maharashtra,Mantralaya, Mumbai.

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4 Awards

4.1 National Awards Padma Shri in 1998. Padma Bhushan in 1999. Padma Vibhushan in 2009.

4.2 Other Awards Highest civilian award of the Maharashtra state-Maharashtra Bhushan Award (2012)

Highest civilian award of the Goa state-GomantVibhushan Award (2010) [6][7]

Hari Om Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai Award(1988)

H. K. Firodia Award for Excellence in Science andTechnology (1997)

Rockwell Medal for Excellence in Technology(1997)

FICCI Award for outstanding contribution to Nu-clear Science and Technology (199798)

ANACON - 1998 Life Time Achievement Awardfor Nuclear Sciences

Indian Science Congress Associations H. J. BhabhaMemorial Award (1999-2000)

Godavari Gaurav Award (2000) Dr. Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award (2002) Chemtech Foundations Achiever of the Year Awardfor Energy (2002)

GujarMalModi Innovative Science and TechnologyAward in 2004.

Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award 2010. Acharya Varahmihir Award (2004) by VarahmihirInstitute of Scientic Heritage and Research, Ujjain(M.P.), India

5 References[1] http://anilkakodkar.in/index.php/

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[2] http://anilkakodkar.in/index.php/current-key-engagements

[3] http://anilkakodkar.in/index.php/current-key-engagements

[4] http://anilkakodkar.in/index.php/current-key-engagements

[5] http://rbi.org.in/scripts/AboutusDisplay.aspx#CB

[6] Kamat, Prakash (May 30, 2010). India will becomeenergy-independent: Kakodkar. The Hindu. Retrieved2014-08-16.

[7] First Gomant Vibhushan award presented to Dr AnilKakodkar. Target Goa. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-16.

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