the Life Time Contribution Award in Engineering (2009) from Indian National Academy of Engineering, the C.V. Raman Medal of the Indian National Science Academy. He has been awarded D.Sc. degrees (Honoris Causa) by more than twenty universities in India and abroad. Chidambaram is a Fellow of all the science Academies in India and the Third World Academy of Science (TWAS), Trieste (Italy). He has also served as a member, chairman and president of a number of organizations which, among others, include IIT-Madras, IIT-Bombay, the Materials Research Society of India, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the International Union of Crystallography. In early 2008, the IAEA invited Chidambaram to be a member of the "Commission of Eminent Persons", for making recommendations to the Board of Governors, regarding long-term priorities and funding. He is Indian Fellow of Indian National Science Academy. Chidambaram is chairman of Board of Governance of IIT, Jodhpur. References External links Information page at the Technology Information Forecasting & Assessment Council Home Page of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India The May 1998 Pokhran Tests: Scientific Aspects Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering Tamil scientists International Atomic Energy Agency officials University of Madras alumni Indian Institute of Science alumni 1936 births Living people Indian metallurgists Indian nuclear physicists Scientists from Chennai Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering 20th-century Indian physicists Indian condensed matter physicists