Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission is a scientific research organization and regulatory body of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...

. Its main objective is to promote use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes It was established on 27 February 1973, after the independence of Bangladesh, the

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) (Urdu: ) is a federally funded independent governmental agency, concerned with research and development of nuclear power, promotion of nuclear science, energy conservation and the peaceful usage of nuclea ...

no longer having jurisdiction.

Headquarters

At first BAEC started its activities at a building for Jute Research Institute. Afterwards it was transferred to

Dhaka University The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

campus at 4 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue. Before 1988 it was spelled 'Bangladesh Anobik Shakti Kamishon' (Literary Meaning: Bangladesh Molecular Energy Commission) in Bangla, from then it was renamed 'Bangladesh Paramanu Shakti Kamishon' (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC)). In 2006, the headquarter (HQ) of BAEC was shifted to the newly built 'Poromanu Bhaban' building at Agargaon, Shere Bangla Nagar, Dhaka which is next to the science museum in Bangladesh. All the research and development activities of BAEC are conducted under three branches: physical sciences, biological sciences and engineering.

Research organisations

# Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka, #

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(AERE), Savar ## Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (INST) ## Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB) ## Institute of Electronics (IE) ## Institute of Computer Science (ICS) ## Reactor Operation and Maintenance Unit (ROMU) ## Tissue Banking and Biomaterial Research Unit (TBBRU) ## Nuclear Minerals Unit (NMU) ## Central Engineering Facilities (CEF) ## Energy Institute (EI) ## Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology (IRPT) ## Training Institute (TI) ## Scientific Information Unit (SIU) # Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control Division (NS&RCD) # Radiation Testing and Monitoring Laboratory (RTML), Chittagong # Beach Sand Minerals Exploitation Centre (BSMEC), Cox's Bazar # Nuclear Power and Energy Division (NPED) # Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound ## INMAS,

BSMMU Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is a graduate medical university in Bangladesh. It was established in 1965. The university offers postgraduate degrees only, not offering undergraduate medical or dental degrees. History Est ...

Campus, Shahbag, Dhaka ## INMAS,

Dhaka Medical College Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (abbreviated DMCH) is a public medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It houses medical school as well as a tertiary care hospital on one campus. The country's first ev ...

Campus, Dhaka ## INMAS, S.S. Medical College Campus, Mitford ## INMAS,

Chittagong Medical College Chittagong Medical College (CMC) is situated in the port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh and is the oldest medical college in the south-eastern part of the country. It is affiliated with a tertiary level hospital where clinical students are tra ...

Campus ## INMAS,

Mymensingh Medical College Mymensingh Medical College ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ মেডিকেল কলেজ), formerly Lytton Medical School, is a public medical college and hospital in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The institute was established in 1924 during the ...

Campus ## INMAS, Sylhet Medical College Campus ## INMAS,

Rajshahi Medical College Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) is a public medical school located in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The college is affiliated to Rajshahi Medical University. It was the second such institution in erstwhile East Pakistan after Dhaka Medical College. It ...

Campus ## INMAS, Dinajpur Medical College Campus ## INMAS, Rangpur Medical College Campus ## INMAS,

Khulna Medical College The Khulna Medical College (KMC) ( bn, খুলনা মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a government medical school in Khulna, Bangladesh. It is affiliated with Sheikh Hasina Medical University. It is located in the city of Khulna, nea ...

Campus ## INMAS, Barisal Medical College Campus ## INMAS, Faridpur Medical College Campus ## INMAS, Bogra Medical College Campus ## INMAS,

Comilla Medical College Cumilla Medical College ( bn, কুমিল্লা মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a Medical college, Bangladesh Government Medical College and Hospital conducting Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, MBBS and postgraduate cours ...

Campus ## INMAS, Kalatoli, Cox's Bazar

MOU with Rosatom

BAEC has memorandum of understanding (MoU) with

Rosatom Rosatom, ( rus, Росатом, p=rɐsˈatəm}) also known as Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom or Rosatom State Corporation, is a Russian state corporation headquartered in Moscow that special ...

to enhance cooperation between the two countries in peaceful use of nuclear energy. Main purpose of the MoU is to take necessary steps for setting up a 600-1000 MW Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh. http://www.nuclearcounterfeit.com/?tag=bangladesh-atomic-energy-commission-baec

Gallery

23rd Meeting of the RCA National Representatives.jpg, 23rd Meeting of the

RCA The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919. It was initially a patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Comp ...

National Representatives held in Dhaka Sheraton Hotel in 1998 Bangladesh Atomic Energy Scientists Association (BAESA) meeting.png, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Scientists Association (BAESA) meeting, attended by Dr.

M. A. Wazed Miah M. A. Wazed Miah ( bn, এম এ ওয়াজেদ মিয়া; 6 February 19429 May 2009) was a Bangladeshi physicist and the writer of a number of texts in physics and some political history books, a former Chairman of the Bangladesh ...

, Dr.

Naiyyum Choudhury Naiyyum Choudhury (27 September 1944 – 7 September 2019) was a Bangladeshi biotechnologist and a nuclear scientist. He pioneered the development and adoption of the National Biotechnology policy of Bangladesh. He served as the Chairman of B ...

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