Sekhar Basu

Dr. Sekhar Basu
Sekhar Basu
Chairman Atomic Energy Commission

and

Secretary Department of Atomic Energy
In office
23 October 2015 – 17 September 2018
Preceded byDr. Ratan Kumar Sinha
Succeeded byShri Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas
Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
In office
19 June 2012 – 23 February 2016
Personal details
Born(1952-09-20)20 September 1952
Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India
Died24 September 2020(2020-09-24) (aged 68)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Residence(s)Mumbai, India
Alma materBallygunge Government High School
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai BARC Training School
ProfessionNuclear scientist
AwardsPadma Shri (2014)
Indian Nuclear Society (INS) Award (2002)
Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Award (2006 and 2007)

Dr. Sekhar Basu (20 September 1952 – 24 September 2020) was an Indian nuclear scientist who served as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).[1] He also served as the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), the Project Director of Nuclear Submarine Program, and later as the Chief Executive of the Nuclear Recycle Board at Bhabha Atomic Research Center.[2] He was a recipient of India's fourth highest civilian honor Padma Shri in 2014.[3]

He is credited for his efforts in building the nuclear reactor for India's first nuclear powered submarine INS Arihant, nuclear waste recycling plants in Tarapur and Kalpakkam, and the Indian Neutrino Observatory in Theni, Tamil Nadu.[3]

Education and career

Basu was born on 20 September 1952 in Muzaffarpur, in the Indian state of Bihar.[4][5] He attended Ballygunge Government High School, Kolkata, and graduated in mechanical engineering from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, University of Mumbai in 1974.[6][7]

After completion of a year at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre's training school, he joined the Reactor Engineering Division in the same institute in 1975. He went on to work as a project director of the Nuclear Submarine program and as the chief executive of the Nuclear Recycle Board at BARC India.[3]

He further went on to become the Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in 2012 and was appointed the chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in 2015, and served in this position through September 2018.[1]

Projects

Nuclear recycle plants

In his role as the Chief Executive of the Nuclear Recycle Board, at BARC, Basu's research spanned design, development, and operation of nuclear reprocessing and nuclear waste management. He was involved in the design and building of reprocessing plants, fuel storage facilities, and nuclear waste treatment facilities at Trombay, Maharashtra, Tarapur, Maharashtra, and Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.[8]

Nuclear power deployment

Indigenous PHWR under-construction at Kakrapar, Gujarat, India
Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) construction in Kakrapur, Gujarat, during Basu's term as the secretary at the DAE.

As the secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) between 2015 and 2018, Basu supported initiatives to accelerate the pace of nuclear power deployment in India. In May 2017, the Government of India gave its approval to DAE's plan for construction of 10 pressurized heavy-water reactors (PHWRs) and two pressurized water reactors (PWRs).[9] In this period, the DAE took pm simultaneous construction of 21 reactors, with the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam being in advanced stages of commissioning.[10] In this period, DAE also initiated actions for increased uranium exploration and mining in India.[11]

He also oversaw the launch of various projects at the Department of Atomic Energy, including the commercial power production of the second 1000MWe nuclear reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, and construction of two further nuclear power plants, KKNPP Units 3 and 4, of the same capacity, starting in June 2017.[12][13]

Fundamental science projects

Sekhar Basu and CERN Director-General sign agreement for India to be an Associate Member of CERN
Dr. Basu signing the 2016 agreement for India to be an associate member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

His fundamental science research and partnerships spanned Superconducting Accelerators, Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO), International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), and the India-based Neutrino Observatory.[3]

In his role as the Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, he signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Science Foundation in 2016, to establish an advanced Gravitational wave detector in India. When completed, the Indian Initiative in Gravitational-wave Observations or INDIGO will be the fifth large scale gravitational wave detector in the world, and the third LIGO detector in the world after LIGO US, and VIRGO gravitational wave detector in Italy.[14][15] A site near Aundha Nagnath in the Hingoli District, Maharashtra has been selected, with a predicted date of commission in 2024.[16][17]

In November 2016, during his tenure at the DAE, he signed an agreement for India to be an associate member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The agreement would allow Indian companies to bid for engineering contracts at the CERN, and would also allow for Indian engineers to participate in projects at the CERN.[18][19]

He also signed a MoU in April 2018, with the then US energy secretary Rick Perry to expand collaboration between India and the US in neutrino research paving the way for collaboration between the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF), Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) in the US, and the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) in Theni, India. The MoU built on the previous agreement between the two countries to collaborate on the manufacture of particle accelerator components.[20]

Healthcare and societal outreach

During his time at the DAE, the agency drove initiatives to develop radiotherapy equipment and low cost radiotherapy treatment for developing countries. Bhabhatron, a low cost radiotherapy machine and a digital simulator was shared with Tanzania, Kenya, and Mongolia. Efforts were also undertaken for the development of indigenous cancer care drugs.[21][22]

In this period, he also coordinated with the Government of India's Startup India Skill India program, to provide spin-off technologies available for entrepreneurs to use.[23]

Awards and honours

He was also a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and the Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing (ISNT).[2]

Death

Basu died from COVID-19 in Kolkata on 24 September 2020, four days after his 68th birthday, during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. He was also suffering from kidney ailments at the time of his death.[5][25]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr Sekhar Basu takes charge as Chairman, AEC and Secretary, DAE". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (23 February 2016). "Dr. Sekhar Basu". Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Nuclear scientist Sekhar Basu succumbs to Covid". The Indian Express. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. ^ Press Information Bureau (23 October 2015). "Sekhar Basu Writeup - Press Information Bureau" (PDF). Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Scientist Sekhar Basu is no more". The Telegraph Online. 25 September 2020. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Padma Shri Award for Shri Sekhar Basu, Director, BARC" (PDF). BARC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Padma Shri Award for Shri Sekhar Basu, Director, BARCBARC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "'Our policy is to reprocess all the fuel put into a nuclear reactor'". The Hindu. 28 October 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Government Approves Mega-Project for 10 Indigenous Reactors | Department of Atomic Energy". dae.nic.in. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  10. ^ "PIB's Press Release on Cabinet's decision to transform domestic nuclear industry | Department of Atomic Energy". dae.nic.in. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  11. ^ "BHAVINI :: Welcomes You". www.bhavini.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Year End review: Department of Atomic Energy". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  13. ^ "PIB - DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  14. ^ "LIGO India MOU signed". LIGO | Livingston. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  15. ^ "India-US to sign MoU for building LIGO project". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  16. ^ "First LIGO Lab Outside US To Come Up In Maharashtra's Hingoli". NDTV. 8 September 2016.
  17. ^ Mann, Adam (4 March 2020). "The golden age of neutron-star physics has arrived". Nature. 579 (7797): 20–22. Bibcode:2020Natur.579...20M. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00590-8. PMID 32132697.
  18. ^ "India joins CERN as an associate member". The Hindu. 23 November 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  19. ^ "India to become Associate Member State of CERN". CERN. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  20. ^ "US and India team up on neutrino physics". CERN Courier. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  21. ^ "Modi hands over Bhabhatron to Mongolia for cancer treatment". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Statement by Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission" (PDF). 28 September 2016.
  23. ^ "DAE condoles the sudden demise of Dr Sekhar Basu at Calcutta in the early hours of 24.9.20". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  24. ^ "Dr. Sekhar Basu, Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre". www.barc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  25. ^ "Nuclear scientist Sekhar Basu dies of Covid-19 - India News". The Times of India. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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