Baldev Raj

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.

Baldev Raj
Born	(1947-04-09)9 April 1947 Jammu and Kashmir, India
Died	6 January 2018(2018-01-06) (aged 70) Pune
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Science National Institute of Technology, Raipur Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
Scientific career
Institutions	National Institute of Advanced Studies Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar National Institute of Technology Puducherry

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]