Professor Chaitanyamoy Ganguly:

Professor Chaitanyamoy Ganguly did his graduation and PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from Bengal Engineering College , Shibpur , University of Calcutta and is a post graduate in nuclear science and technology from the Training School of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ( BARC) , Mumbai. He did his pre- and post-doctoral research on plutonium , uranium and thorium based fuels at the nuclear research centres at Karlsruhe & Juelich in Germany and is a Humboldt Fellow. Dr Ganguly played a key role in setting up the plutonium fuels laboratory at Radio Metallurgy Division, BARC and was mainly responsible for developing and manufacturing the hitherto untried plutonium rich mixed uranium plutonium carbide fuel for the Fast Breeder Test Reactor at IGCAR, Kalpakkam and also the plate type Al-U233 fuel for the KAMINI reactor at IGCAR. He was Head of Radiometallurgy Division, BARC for nine years before moving to CSIR- Central Glass & Ceramic Research In, Kolkata as Director. At CGCRI he was mainly responsible for indigenous development and manufacturing of high density lead glass, an import substitute of radiation shielding windows, for hot cells. Dr Ganguly was selected by DAE as Chairman and Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex, an industrial unit of DAE at Hyderabad. He turned around NFC as a leading manufacturing centre for high quality zirconium alloy clad uranium oxide fuel for water cooled reactors in India. Dr Ganguly superannuated from DAE as Distinguished Scientist but before that he was selected by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as Head of Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Materials Section. After retirement from IAEA, Dr Ganguly served Cameco Corporation, Canada, the largest uranium mining and fuel services company in the world as President, Cameco India.

Since 2013, Dr Ganguly has been in academics, first as Distinguished Visiting Prof at IIT, Kanpur, then at BITS, Pilani, Goa and since August 2015 as Adviser to Director General & Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) Gandhinagar. Prof Ganguly is the author of more than 250 research papers and has guided several thesis for PhD and M Tech degrees from IISC, Bangalore, IIT Mumbai, University of Mumbai and Osmania University. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy , Indian Academy of Science , Indian National Academy of Engineering , Indian National Academy of Science, Institution of Engineers, Indian Institute of Metals and Indian Institute of Ceramics. Dr Ganguly is recipient of several prestigious awards including National Metallurgist Award of the Ministry of Steel and Mines, the Tata Gold medal of the Indian Institute of Metals, the MRSI Medal and the Vasvik Award. He was conferred the “Padmashri” in 2002 by the Honourable President of India and has also received the Indian Nuclear Society Award from the Honourable Prime Minister of India in 2003 for his outstanding contributions in nuclear fuels.