Baldev Raj (9 April 1947 – 6 January 2018) was an Indian scientist and director of the

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(IGCAR) in

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, India.

Education

He had a Bachelors in Engineering (B.E.) from Government Engineering College, Raipur Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (Now

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), and a PhD from

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, Bangalore, D.Sc. (h.c.) from Sathyabama Deemed University, Chennai.

Career

He was director of the

(IGCAR) in

, India. He was also the director of the

National Institute of Advanced Studies National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) is a premier institute in India engaged in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. It was founded by J. R. D. Tata for providing an ...

. He died on 6 January 2018 in

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from an apparent cardiac arrest.

Awards

He was awarded one of the

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also for 2015.

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