Rajagopala Chidambaram information

Rajagopalan Chidambaram
Rajagopalan Chidambaram
	Chidambaram at the 2008 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
2nd Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
	In office; 2002–2018
President	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ; Pratibha Patil ; Pranab Mukherjee ; Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee ; Manmohan Singh ; Narendra Modi
Preceded by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Succeeded by	K. VijayRaghavan
Personal details
Born	12 November 1936 (age 87); Madras, Madras Presidency, British India; (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Residence(s)	New Delhi, India
Alma mater	University of Madras, ; Indian Institute of Science
Known for	Nuclear weapons programme Smiling Buddha (Pokhran-I); Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II);
Awards	Padma Shri (1975),; Padma Vibhushan (1999)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Atomic Energy Commission (India); Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai; Department of Atomic Energy; International Atomic Energy Agency ; Defence Research and Development Organisation ; Indian Institute of Technology; University of Hyderabad

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Rajagopala Chidambaram (born 11 November 1936) is an Indian Physicist who is known for his integral role in India's nuclear weapons program; he coordinated test preparation for the Pokhran-I (1975) and Pokhran-II (1998).^[1]

Previously served as the principal scientific adviser to the federal Government of India, Chidambaram previously served as the director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)— and later as chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of the Government of India and he contributed in providing national defence and energy security to India. Chidambaram was chairman of the board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during 1994–95. He was also a member of the Commission of Eminent Persons appointed by the Director-General, IAEA, in 2008 to prepare a report on "The Role of the IAEA to 2020 and Beyond".

Throughout his career, Chidambaram played a key role in developing India's nuclear weapons, being a part of the team conducting the first Indian nuclear test (Smiling Buddha) at Pokhran Test Range in 1974. He gained international fame when he led and represented the team of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) while observing and leading efforts to conduct the second nuclear tests in May 1998.

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Rajagopalan Chidambaram
Chidambaram at the 2008 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

2nd Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
In office 2002–2018
President	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi
Preceded by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Succeeded by	K. VijayRaghavan

Personal details
Born	(1936-11-12) 12 November 1936 (age 87) Madras, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Residence(s)	New Delhi, India
Alma mater	University of Madras, Indian Institute of Science
Known for	Nuclear weapons programme Smiling Buddha (Pokhran-I) Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II)
Awards	Padma Shri (1975), Padma Vibhushan (1999)

Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Atomic Energy Commission (India) Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai Department of Atomic Energy International Atomic Energy Agency Defence Research and Development Organisation Indian Institute of Technology University of Hyderabad