Senior nuclear scientist Dr Balasubramanian Venkatraman is new Director of IGCAR

The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), established in the year 1971, is engaged in broad based multidisciplinary programme of scientific research and advanced engineering directed  towards the development of  Fast Breeder Reactor technology. 

Chennai: Dr Balasubramanian Venkatraman, a veteran scientist with a research career spanning 37 years has taken over as Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu. A pioneer in the field of Nuclear research, the spinoffs of his scientific work has been used in diverse domains such as space, defence, medicine, art, archaeology among others.  IGCAR was established in the year 1971, under the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. The centre is engaged in broad based multidisciplinary programme of scientific research and advanced engineering directed  towards the development of  Fast Breeder Reactor technology.  Fast Breeder Test Reactor based on unique mixed Plutonium Uranium Carbide fuel, First of its kind in the world and KAMINI Reactor, the only operating Reactor in the World using U233 fuel are successfully operated here. The design of 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor is completed and the construction is in progress, at the facility.