Srikumar Banerjee

Biography

Prof. Srikumar Banerjee is Homi Bhabha Chair Professor at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, Chancellor of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Chancellor, Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Chairman, Governing Body, SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, Chairman, Governing Board, Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, (IUCAA), Pune and Chairman, Research Council, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) Chandigarh. He is also holding Visiting Professor positions at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, University of Delhi and University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. He served as Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy during 2009-2012 and as Director, BARC during 2004-2010. He obtained B.Tech (Hons.) in 1967 and Ph.D in 1974 in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur and graduated from the 11th batch of BARC Training School in 1968. He was a senior visiting fellow at University of Sussex Brighton England during 1978-79 and a Humboldt fellow in Max Planck Institute for Metal research ( Metalforschung), Stuttgart, Germany during 1979-80. He served as a visiting faculty in University of Cincinnati and in the Ohio State University in USA in short spells. His major research contributions are in the areas of phase transformations in zirconium and titanium alloys, effect of radiation on order – disorder transitions and tailoring microstructure and texture of nuclear structural materials through thermo-mechanical processing. He has over 400 research papers, coauthored a book entitled “Phase Transformation: Examples from titanium and zirconium alloys” and co edited six books. As Director, BARC, he organized research in nuclear fuel cycle, design of innovative reactors, applications of radiation and isotope technology in agriculture, health care, food preservation and industry. He initiated several capacity building activities both in front and back end of the nuclear fuel cycle. He is currently engaged in research in advanced nuclear fuel cycle, policy for sustainable energy and metallurgy of actinides.

Research Interest

Metal Research, Metallurgical Engineering, Health Care, Nuclear fuel cycle, Applications of Radiation and Isotope technology