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PROFESSOR JAI KRISHNA MEMORIAL
AWARD
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PROF. SN MITRA MEMORIAL AWARD
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Purpose of the Award
To institute awards in memory of late Prof. Jai
Krishna, Foundation President and Prof SN Mitra, first Honorary Secretary, a
Past Vice- President and a Foundation Fellow of the Indian National Academy of
Engineering
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Prof Jai Krishna Award shall be given each year in the disciplines of
Engineering Section I (Civil Engineering), Engineering Section III (Mechanical
Engineering), Engineering Section IV (Chemical Engineering), Engineering
Section VII (Aerospace Engineering) and Engineering Section VIII (Mining,
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
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Prof S N Mitra Memorial Award shall be given each year, in the disciplines of
Engineering Section II (Computer Engineering and Information Technology),
Engineering Section V (Electrical Engineering), Engineering Section VI
(Electronics & Communication Engineering), Engineering Section IX (Energy
Engineering) and Engineering Section X (Interdisciplinary Engineering and
Special Fields)
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Eligibility
INAE Fellows who are eminent engineers, engineer scientists or
technologists of high achievements and standing will be eligible for the
subject awards. They are expected to have made contributions of a high order
to Indian Engineering and Technology and acquired a high level of eminence and
respect in the engineering community.
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Criteria
The awards shall be given for one or more of the following :
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INAE fellows who are eminent engineers, engineer
scientists or technologists of high achievements and standing will be eligible
for the subject awards.
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Academic and scholarly achievements in any
discipline of Engineering and Technology,
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Outstanding research in engineering and technology
and application thereof,
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Outstanding contributions in the management of
education and research in Engineering,
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Outstanding achievements and contributions in the
Indian industry, engineering services or engineering projects.
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Nominations
Nominations of engineers, engineer-scientists and technologists will be
invited from the INAE Fellowship by the second week of April every year in the
fields of Engineering, Technology, and Technical Education Management. The
nominations may be sent on the prescribed proforma which includes a statement
of the distinguished achievements and contributions of the nominee. The last
date of receipt of nominations will be 15th day of June each year.
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Validity
The nominations shall remain valid for three years and renominations shall be
accepted.
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Selection for the Award
The Selection Committee under the Chairmanship of President with three
Vice-Presidents as members will recommend one nominee each for conferment of
Prof. Jai Krishna Memorial Award and Prof. SN Mitra Memorial Award for
approval of the Council.
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Value of the Award
The Award shall carry Rs.2 lakhs in cash and a Citation.
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Presentation of the Award
The awardees will be requested to deliver a public lecture on an appropriate
subject of their choice in any field of Engineering, Technology or Engineering
Education Management at the Academy Annual Convention. The text of the Award
Lectures will be published in the Annals of INAE.
Professor Jai Krishna Memorial Award 2012
[in the disciplines of Engineering Section I (Civil Engineering), Engineering
Section III (Mechanical Engineering), Engineering Section IV (Chemical
Engineering), Engineering Section VII (Aerospace Engineering) and Engineering
Section VIII (Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)]
PROFORMA FOR NOMINATION
1. Name
of the nominee :
2. Date
of birth of the nominee :
3. Contact
address of the nominee giving
telephone, fax, e-mail, etc.
4. Engineering
Discipline :
5. Field
of specialization of the nominee :
6. Awards
and Honours :
7. Fellowships
/ Memberships :
8. Brief
statement of the distinguished achievements and
contributions of the nominee :
Prof. SN Mitra Memorial Award for the year 2012
[in the disciplines of Engineering Section II
(Computer and Information Technology), Engineering Section V (Electrical
Engineering), Engineering Section VI (Electronics & Communication Engineering),
Engineering Section IX (Energy Engineering) and Engineering Section X
(Interdisciplinary Engineering and Special Fields)]
PROFORMA FOR NOMINATION
1. Name
of the nominee :
2. Date
of birth of the nominee :
3. Contact
address of the nominee giving
telephone, fax, e-mail, etc.
4. Engineering
Discipline :
5. Field
of specialization of the nominee :
6. Awards
and Honours :
7. Fellowships
/ Memberships :
8. Brief
statement of the distinguished achievements and
contributions of the nominee :
RECIPIENTS OF PROFESSOR JAI KRISHNA MEMORIAL AWARD
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Prof. Ajoy K Ghose
Prof. Ajoy K. Ghose, born on 13th April 1934, had a
distinguished academic record at Patna University and at the Indian School
of Mines, Dhanbad, graduating in 1956. After a short stint of practical
experience in coal industry, he proceeded to the United Kingdom in 1957
under Government of India Overseas Scholarship Scheme and worked as a
Management Trainee with the National Coal Board up to 1959. After serving as
a Senior Lecturer in coal mining and mining machinery at Indian School of
Mines, he joined the Central Mining Research Station as Senior Scientific
Officer Grade I in 1960 where he set up Rock Mechanics and Hydraulic Stowing
laboratories and undertook pioneering research work on coal mine ground
control and roof bolting. He was appointed in 1962 as a Professor (Senior
Scale) at Regional Engineering College, Srinagar at the early age of 28 and
was entrusted with the task of setting up a new mining engineering
programme. In 1966 he rejoined Indian School of Mines as Professor of Mining
Engineering where he established a strong school of research and teaching in
geo-mechanics and rock excavation engineering and set up the first Center of
Rock Excavation Engineering in India. He took over the Directorship of
Indian School of Mines in 1991 and retired in 1994. In between, he was an
Exchange Scientist at the University of Ostrava in 1971, a Visiting
Professor under Commonwealth Fellowship Programame at the University of
Newcastleupon-Tyne in 1974 and also a Visiting Faculty at the University of
Nottingham and the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Cracow.
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Prof. Srinivasa Ranganathan
Professor Srinivasa Ranganathan was born on January 10,
1941 in Cuddalore. He graduated with first rank in B.Sc. (Hons.) in
Chemistry from the University of Madras in 1960 and also secured first rank
in B.E. (Metallurgy), from the Indian Institute of Science in 1962. He did
his doctoral thesis in Cambridge University, England during 1962-1965. After
a brief stint as a Research Metallurgist at the Lawrence Radiation
Laboratory, Berkeley, USA during 1965-67, he joined the faculty of the
Department of Metallurgy at the Banaras Hindu University in 1967 and rose to
become a Professor in 1972. In 1981 he moved to the Indian Institute of
Science as a Professor of Physical Metallurgy. He served as Chairman of the
Department of Metallurgy from 1981 to 1988 and as Chairman of the Division
of Mechanical Sciences at the Institute from 1994 to 1999. Currently he is
Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Science and holds the Senior
Homi Bhabha Fellowship. He is also a Visiting Professor at the National
Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for
Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore.
Professor Ranganathan has made outstanding contributions
to several areas of Physical Metallurgy. These include interfaces, rapidly
quenched materials, quasicrystals and nanostructured materials. He has
coauthored a book on "New Geometries for New Materials" published by the
Cambridge University Press, UK. Though his work has been rooted in basic
research, he has had fruitful interactions with R & D institutions in the
Strategic Sector including the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, the Indira
Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, the Defence Metallurgical Laboratory, the
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre as well as the National Aerospace Laboratories.
Current interactions are with Tata Steel and Posco-India. In addition he has
had successful collaborations with overseas industries such as Alusuisse
(Switzerland), Hydro-Norsk (Norway) and General Motors and Boeing Company
(USA). He is developing a programme on the societal implications of
nanotechnology in the context of developing nations with emphasis on
education. His research contributions are reflected in over 250
publications, including 25 edited books and proceedings. He has served on
the editorial boards of ten journals including Acta Materialia, Materials
Characterization and Materials Transactions.
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Prof DV Singh
Prof. D.V. Singh, born on December 11, 1934 in Lucknow,
graduated in Science from the University of Allahabad in 1953 and later
obtained the B.E. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering in
1956 and 1957 respectively from the University of Roorkee. He obtained his
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 1962 and 1964 from the University of Wisconsin,
USA.
Prof. Singh joined the University of Roorkee in 1958 as a
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and became Professor in 1967. He served
the University as the Head of Department of Mechanical & Industrial
Engineering, Dean Academic, and Dean Research and Industrial Liaison. It was
during this period that his academic excellence led the Mechanical &
Industrial Engineering Department to be recognized by UGC as the Centre of
Excellence. His technical expertise and administrative acumen led him to
become the Director of the Central Road Research Institute of CSIR in 1990.
After completing his initiative-driven tenure, during which the Institute
charted a new road map both at the national and international levels, Prof.
Singh joined as the Vice Chairman, All India Council of Technical Education
(AICTE) in 1996. In AICTE, he initiated several new programmes and the
technical education in the country took a more purposeful direction. Prof.
Singh was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Roorkee in
the year 2000. He was the first Director of IIT Roorkee.
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Dr Baldev Raj
Dr. Baldev Raj, born on April 9, 1947 in Jammu, obtained
his B.E. (Hons.) degree in Metallurgy from Ravishankar University, Raipur in
1969 and Ph.D. degree in engineering from Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore in 1990.
Dr Baldev Raj is presently Director Indira Gandhi Centre
for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam. He has made outstanding and
sustained contributions in the fields of materials characterization, testing
& evaluation using acoustic and electromagnetic techniques. His work in
nuclear reactor and reprocessing technology is widely acclaimed and
recognized internationally. He has played a pivotal role in development of
several innovative and indigenous technologies for fabrication of critical
reactor components and systems. He has developed innovative physical and
chemical sensors for diverse applications. As Director of IGCAR, Kalpakkam,
he presently steers the Indian Fast Reactor Programme, which is widely
acclaimed nationally and internationally. Under his leadership, IGCAR has
achieved many important international benchmarks, such as successful
operation of FBTR and the development of the state-of-art reprocessing
facilities for the carbide fuel. The construction of a 500 MW Prototype Fast
Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is in an advanced stage of realization. He has
contributed immensely in terms of R&D and managerial activities to meet the
challenges of this demanding technology.
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Dr. VK Saraswat
Dr VK Saraswat, born on May 25, 1949 graduated in
Mechanical Engineering from Jiwaji University, Gwalior. He obtained his
Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore and Doctorate in Propulsion Engineering from Osmania
University, Hyderabad. He has specialized in Missile Technologies, Rocket
Propulsion and Technology Management. He is Scientific Adviser to Raksha
Mantri, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D, Director General, DRDO and
Director General, ADA.
Dr VK Saraswat has contributed immensely as technology
and project leader to the development of Missile Systems for the last 36
years. During this period he had worked towards the development of Liquid
Propulsion Technologies and has developed a 3 Ton Liquid Propulsion Engine
for Prithvi Missile System. This Engine was used as `work horse' for the 3
versions of Prithvi Missile. These engines have been productionised at HAL,
Bangalore and also in the private sector by M/s. Godrej Boyce, Mumbai & M/s.
MTAR, Hyderabad.
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Dr. Sanak Mishra
Dr Sanak Mishra, born on December 18, 1945, obtained his
B.Sc. Honours degree in Physics from Ravenshaw College and Bachelor of
Engineering degree in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore in 1968. He obtained the Master of Science and PhD degrees in
Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
in 1970 and 1973 respectively. Since January 2006, Dr. Mishra is Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of the India Greenfield Projects, ArcelorMittal. He
has been entrusted with the task of setting up state-of-the-art steel
plants, as a part of global strategy. He also led the establishment of the
ArcelorMittal Design & Engineering Centre (AMDEC) in Kolkata. A visionary
leader of Corporate India, Dr. Sanak Mishra is a Metallurgist of
international repute, and a leading steel technologist.
Prior to joining Mittal Steel, he was Member of the Board
of Directors of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), and
concurrently served as the Managing Director (2002-05) of its Rourkela Steel
Plant. Under his dynamic leadership, this loss-making company achieved a
dramatic turnaround in both physical and financial terms, and in industrial
relations. One of his highly commended achievements was the total
reconstruction of the plant's largest blast furnace in a record time. His
novel approach to sustainable change, driven by a holistic movement named "SAMSKAR",
has been widely acknowledged in management literature. It demonstrated how
the mindset of more than 25,000 people can be changed and then harmonized
into purposeful action. The unique "Mass Contact Exercise" conducted by him,
has no precedence in the history of corporate communication.
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Dr Dipankar Banerjee
Dr Dipankar Banerjee born on February 15, 1952, obtained
his B. Tech degree in Metallurgy from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
in 1974 and PhD degree in Metallurgy from Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore in 1979. He is internationally recognised for his contribution
towards the understanding of structure-property relationship in titanium
alloys using advanced techniques of electron microscopy. His work on the
intermetallics in titanium based system led to the discovery and development
of a new generation of alloys, some of which have been internationally
patented. He has about 100 research publications to his credit.
As the Director of Defence Metallurgical Research
Laboratory (DMRL) (1996-2003), Dr. Banerjee provided leadership for many
critical defence related materials programs including special naval steels
for the Indian Navy's aircraft carriers, investment casting processes for
single crystal, directionally solidified and equiaxed Nickel base alloys and
the development of titanium alloys products for aeroengines, as well as the
development of rare earth magnets for ISRO's satellite systems. Each of
these products has been fully certified for use and is currently in various
stages of production and application. India's first aircraft carrier is
being built from steel whose production technology and fabrication practice
was developed under a programme under his leadership.
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RECIPIENTS OF PROFESSOR SN MITRA MEMORIAL AWARD
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Prof. Amalendu Bhushan Bhattacharyya
Prof. Amalendu Bhushan Bhattacharyya, born on
December 19, 1937 in West Bengal completed his B. Sc., M.Sc. in Electronics
and Ph.D in Radio Communication from Banaras Hindu University with a
brilliant academic record. Subsequently, he joined the Electrical
Engineering Department of B.H.U. and then Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi.
Currently, he is an Emeritus Professor at Jaypee
Institute of Information Technology (JIIT) NOIDA where he is directing the
postgraduate and research program in Microelectronic Systems and Embedded
Technology.
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Prof Bayya Yegnanarayana
Prof Bayya Yegnanarayana was born on January 9,
1944 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. He obtained BSc degree from Andhra
University in 1961 and BE, ME and PhD degrees in Electrical Communication
Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He was a member
of the faculty at IISc during the period 1966-78. In 1980, he joined the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Indian Institute of
Technology, Madras, as Professor and continued to work there till his
superannuation in 2006. He was also Head of the CSE Department during the
period 1985-89. Currently he is Professor and Microsoft Chair at the
International Institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad.
Prof. Yegnanarayana was a visiting Associate
Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
from 1977-80. He has also visited universities in the US, UK, France,
Germany and the Netherlands as a visiting professor/scientist. He has also
been a regular speaker at several leading international and national
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Dr Surendra Pal
Dr. Surendra Pal born on 11th March 1948
received his Bachelors Degree in Science from Birla Institute of Technology
and Science, Pilani in 1966 and his M.Sc. (Physics) and M.Sc. (Electronics)
Degrees from the same institute in 1968 and 1970 respectively. He received
his Ph.D. (Communication) Degree, from Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore in 1984. He is a Distinguished Scientist & presently Deputy
Director (Digital & Communication Area) and also Program Director, Satellite
Navigation Program, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore
Dr Surendra Pal joined Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) in 1971, after a brief tenure at Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research. He pioneered the Antenna & Microwave activities at the
ISRO Satellite Centre from inception. He has been responsible for the
development & fabrication of all spacecraft related telecommunication
systems for all satellites beginning with Aryabhata to the present day IRS &
INSAT series of spacecraft in India. He has been consultant to: (I) INMARSAT/ICO
(UK) for LEOSAT definitions, responsible for the development of Satellite
Hand Held Telephone Antenna System for ICO (UK) (ii) International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) for defining Regional African Satellite
Communication System and (iii) Nanyang Technolgical University, Singapore on
X-Sat. He was also Chairman of Information Infrastructure Working Group of
Ministry of Information Technology. Presently he is spearheading the Indian
Satellite Based Wide Area Augmentation System - GAGAN (GPS Aided Geo
Augmented Navigation System) and Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System
activities for civil aviation applications. He holds Indian, European &
International patents for various inventions. He is also on the United
Nations panel of experts on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).
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Prof. Janardan Nanda,
Prof. Janardan Nanda, born on August 15, 1937 in
Cuttack, Orissa obtained his B.E.E. (Hons) Degree from Jadavpur University
in 1958 and Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Moscow Power
Institute, USSR in 1964.
He served in Hirakud Dam Project, Orissa State
Electricity Board from 1958 to 1961 and was a lecturer at University College
of Engineering, Burla. He went to Moscow in 1961 to pursue higher studies
under Government of India scholarship and obtained his Ph.D. Degree in
Electrical Engineering from Moscow Power Institute, USSR in 1964.
Subsequently, he was a Reader at IT, BHU and then joined the Department of
Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi as an
Assistant Professor in 1965. His significant contributions are in analysis,
stability, control, optimization and computational intelligence applications
for large scale electric power systems. He has developed many innovative
load flow algorithms, which are well recognized. He has made original
research contributions in selection of optimum gains for Automatic Voltage
Regulators for stability improvement of large alternators. He has developed
an innovative powerful and exact model for transmission loss formulation
through a set of new `A' coefficients in place of inexact `B' coefficients
used in practice. He has discovered a classical model based on co-ordination
equations for optimum reactive power dispatch. The model has been
successfully applied to northern regional grid of India, resulting in
significant reduction in systems transmission loss. He has attempted to
apply linear and nonlinear goal programming and Fletcher's quadratic
programming techniques to solve optimal power flow problems.
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Mr Ashok Soota
Mr Ashok Soota, born on 12th November 1942
completed his Senior Cambridge and Inter Science at La Martinere, Lucknow in
1958 and 1960 respectively. He obtained B.E. (Electronics) degree in 1964
from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee). Later he pursued MBA at Asian
Institute of Management, Manila (1973). He is currently Chairman & Managing
Director, MindTree Ltd, Bangalore.
The first nineteen years of Mr Soota's career
were in the Shriram group of companies and in 1978, he became Chief
Executive of Shriram Refrigeration responsible for turning around the
company in the very first year with increasing profits every year, till he
left the company in 1984.
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Prof. Suhas P. Sukhatme
Prof Suhas P Sukhatme born on November 5, 1938,
obtained his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Banaras Hindu
University in 1958. Subsequently he obtained the Master of Science in
Mechanical Engineering degree and Doctor of Science from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, U.S.A. He joined the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1965 as an Assistant
Professor. He was promoted to the post of Professor in 1970 and served as
the Head of the Department from 1973 to 1975. In 1982-83, he was a Visiting
Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State
University, U.S.A. He worked as Deputy Director from December 1983 to
December 1985 and as the Director of IIT Bombay from January 1995 to January
2000. He then served as the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
for five years upto January 2005.
Professor Sukhatme is known for his outstanding
contributions both in teaching and research, in the areas of Heat Transfer
and Energy. He has contributed significantly to studies on (i) heat transfer
during condensation of liquid metal vapours, (ii) convective heat transfer
in external flows, (iii) heat transfer in thermal insulation, (iv) heat
transfer from fin arrays, (v) thermodynamic and transport properties of
various fluids and their mixtures, and (vi) heat transfer during
condensation of refrigerants on integral-fin tubes. He has guided nineteen
students for their Ph.D. degree and published nearly 70 papers. He is also
the author of two widely known text books in Heat Transfer and Solar Energy.
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Dr. Ratan Kumar Sinha
Dr. Ratan Kumar Sinha born on October 23, 1951
graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Patna University in 1972. After
completing one year Course of BARC Training School, he joined Reactor
Engineering Division of BARC. Before his appointment as Director, BARC, he
served as Director, Reactor Design & Development Group and, Director Design,
Manufacturing & Automation Group, BARC. He is a nationally and
internationally recognized expert in the area of nuclear reactor technology.
Dr. Sinha started his career with the design,
development and installation of coolant channels and other core-internal
structural components of the 100 Megawatt DHRUVA research reactors at BARC.
He has been guiding the programmes for new advanced reactors utilizing
thorium, being designed and developed at BARC. These include, the Advanced
Heavy Water Reactor, which produces most of its power from thorium, and has
several innovative passive safety systems. The reactor has been designed to
be robust against equipment malfunction and human errors. Most of the
technological innovations in the design of this reactor have been validated
under his guidance in large experimental facilities.
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