Board of Directors of Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited, Pune (current). Member, Atomic Energy Commission Member, ONGC Energy Centre Trust Chairman, empowered committee on IIT reforms Presently updated April-2014 he is serving as a director on the central board of Reserve Bank of India. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and served as its president during 1999–2000. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, India and the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the—International Nuclear Energy Academy and Honorary member of the World Innovation Foundation. He was member of the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG) during 1999–2002 He is on the board of Governors of VJTI, Mumbai He will head Rail safety committee as per Rail budget speech by Railway Minister in 2012 He is chairman Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai. He is chairman of steering and monitoring committee of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (incubation) Centre, a network of 11 engineering and medical institutes for medical device innovation. He is chairperson of Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar. He is Chairman of Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited Awards National awards Padma Shri in 1998 Padma Bhushan in 1999 Padma Vibhushan in 2009 Other awards Highest civilian award of the Maharashtra state-Maharashtra Bhushan Award (2011–2012) Highest civilian award of the Goa state-Gomant Vibhushan Award (2010) Hari Om Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai Award (1988) H. K. Firodia Award for Excellence in Science and Technology (1997) Rockwell Medal for Excellence in Technology (1997) FICCI Award for outstanding contribution to Nuclear Science and Technology (1997–98) ANACON – 1998 Life Time Achievement Award for Nuclear Sciences Indian Science Congress Association's H. J. Bhabha Memorial Award (1999–2000) Godavari Gaurav Award (2000) Dr. Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award (2002) Chemtech Foundation's Achiever of the Year Award for Energy (2002) Gujar Mal Modi Innovative Science and Technology Award in 2004. Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award 2010. Acharya Varahmihir Award (2004) by Varahmihir Institute of Scientific Heritage and Research, Ujjain (M.P.), India References External links Biography Atomic Energy Commission of India MKCL 1943 births Living people Marathi people University of Mumbai alumni Alumni of the University of Nottingham Indian mechanical engineers nuclear physicists Engineers from Madhya Pradesh Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences Indian nuclear physicists Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering