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Chairman,AEES

Shri Ranajit Kumar
Rajaramanna Fellow,

Chairman, AEES

Shri Ranajit Kumar , former Outstanding Scientist and Head, Nuclear Controls and Planning Wing (NCPW), Bhabha    Atomic Research Centre, took charge as Chairman, AEES, in the forenoon of 17 Aug 2023.

Shri Ranajit Kumar, a retired Outstanding Scientist from DAE is currently serving as a Raja Ramanna Fellow of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Shri Ranajit Kumar served as Head, Nuclear Controls and Planning Wing (NCPW) in the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) till his superannuation in September 2022 where he was responsible for Policy Planning, International Cooperation, Safeguards, Mega Science Projects and Nuclear Safety & Security. During his tenure in DAE, he served in various important assignments like: Member to the Council (Academic, Executive and Management) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - TIFR (2017-2019) under the Chairmanship of Shri Ratan Tata, Member to the ITER (International Thermo-Nuclear Experimental Reactor) Council, France, Member to the Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology – BRIT, Member to the Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards Implementation (SAGSI) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Chairman, Advisory Council of the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP)

Shri Ranajit Kumar is an electronics engineer from Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology (IIEST) and graduate (in Electronics Engineering) of Training School of BARC (1984-1985, 28th batch). Prior to moving to DAE in 2016, he served 32 years in BARC where he designed several computer/electronic systems for Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security for different types of nuclear installations including nuclear power plants, reprocessing, waste management and fuel fabrication plants & R&D laboratories etc. He was responsible for organizing several international, regional and national training courses on nuclear security and has also served as faculty in training courses on nuclear security organized by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in various countries spanning 5 continents. He was also involved in regulation of different types of nuclear installations in India.

Shri Ranajit Kumar was awarded DAE Technical Excellence Award of DAE in the year 2010 and several DAE Group Achievement Awards for excellence in Science, Engineering and Technology. Shri Ranajit Kumar is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) since 2019