19 Facts About Chaitanyamoy Ganguly

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly is an Indian nuclear scientist and a former head of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section of the International Atomic Energy Agency, credited with many innovations in the field of nuclear material science.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly was honored by the government of India in 2002, with the fourth-highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly's career started with BARC at their Radiometallurgy Division in 1969 where he worked till 1995, in professional positions and as a faculty member at the BARC training school.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly, after returning from Germany, was made the head of the radiometallurgy division of BARC in 1986, a post he held till his move to the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata in 1995.

In 1998, Chaitanyamoy Ganguly was made the chairman and chief executive of the Nuclear Fuel Complex of the Department of Atomic Energy and he stayed at the post till 2004.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly is a former president and life member of the Indian Ceramic Society and a former president of the Powder Metallurgy Association of India.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly has served, as a member, many professional organizations such as the Indian Institute of Metals, Indian Institute of Ceramics, Indian Nuclear Society, Institution of Engineers, Materials Research Society of India and the Indian Society for Non Destructive Testing.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly has served as the editor of the Journal of Nuclear Materials, a peer reviewed journal for materials research in nuclear science.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly is credited with the establishment of the plutonium fuel laboratory at the Radiometallurgy Division of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly's contributions are reported in the development of ceramic and metallic fuels based on uranium, plutonium and thorium, to be used in the research and power reactors of the organization.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly's research is known to have led to the development of plutonium rich mixed uranium plutonium monocarbide fuel, a world first, for use with the fast breeder test reactor at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, making India the first country to use the fuel in a fast reactor.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly is credited with the development of other plutonium alloys such as plutonium-gallium, plutonium-aluminum and plutonium-beryllium at R and D levels.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly is the editor of two books, Nuclear Fuel Fabrication and Advanced Ceramics, both published by Trans Tech Publication, Switzerland.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly is known to have mentored many students for their masters and doctoral researches at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and Osmania University and is an accredited guide of MTech and PhD at the University of Mumbai.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly has participated in the IAEA technical cooperation program for transfer of technology to the developing countries.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly, a Distinguished Scientist of the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, is an elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian National Academy of Engineering and the Institution of Engineers.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Metals, Indian Institute of Ceramics and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly has received the VASVIK Industrial Research Award, Indian Nuclear Society Award, IIM Kamani Gold Medal and IIM Binani Gold Medal.

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly has received the National Metallurgists Day Award of the Ministry of Steel and Mines and the Government of India followed it up with the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2002.