Baldev Raj (9 April 1947 – 6 January 2018) was an Indian scientist and director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam, India. Education He had a Bachelors in Engineering (B.E.) from Government Engineering College, Raipur Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (Now National Institute of Technology, Raipur), and a PhD from IISc, Bangalore, D.Sc. (h.c.) from Sathyabama Deemed University, Chennai. Career He was director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam, India. He was also the director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies. He died on 6 January 2018 in Pune from an apparent cardiac arrest. Awards He was awarded one of the H K Firodia awards, padma shri award also for 2015. References External links Home Page 1947 births 2018 deaths Engineers from Jammu and Kashmir Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering Indian Institute of Science alumni Indian metallurgists Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology alumni 20th-century Indian engineers National Institute of Technology, Raipur alumni