Kolkata, June 19 (IBNS) Nuclear Recycle Board (NRB) Chief Executive Sekhar Basu assumed the charge of the Director of India's premiere R&D Institution Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) on Tuesday.

Basu joined BARC Training School in 1974. 

He moved to Kalpakkam in Tamilnadu during 1988 and was responsible for commissioning of Land Based Nuclear Submarine Propulsion Plant.

Subsequently, he architected India’s indigenous Nuclear Recycle Programme and constructed the reprocessing and waste management plants at Tarapur and Kalpakkam (KARP / WIP). 

He has also been involved in Fusion Reactor Programme, ITER, France.

Basu has received many coveted Awards from Indian Nuclear Society (INS) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) for his significant contributions to the Country’s Atomic Energy Programme. 

He is a fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE) and has many publications to his credit.

His priority mission will be promotion of research in basic science and engineering, besides pursuit of BARC programmes in various strategic areas, and proposes to launch major expansion programmes in food and health sectors, which are of paramount importance to India at this juncture.