DAE (Excellence in Science, Engineering & Technology) Awards 2015 A. Homi Bhabha Science & Technology Awardees 1. Shri I.V.N.S. Kamaraju, SO/H, KBNRP&C, NRB, BARC Shri Kamaraju has been awarded for his innovative research contributions in field of “Erection and construction of different mechanical systems of Project PREFRE-3A, presently the largest reprocessing plant”. He has demonstrated his professional excellence in planning and executing the challenging task of high density piping work inside the confined process hot cell. One of his major achievements has been the completion of fabrication and erection of all 6200 pipe spools amounting to about 100 km of small bore (90% of pipes up to 25 mm NB) piping with 45000 RT qualified weld joints inside the confined hot cells with restricted access while maintaining high quality and safety standards. 3. Dr. P. K. Mukherjee, SO/G , NABTD, BSG, BARC Dr. Mukherjee has been awarded for his contributions in the field of “Agricultural research”. He has made significant contributions in understanding the biology of the most popular biofungicides Trichoderma spp. in improvement of strains using radiation-induced mutations, development of processes for formulations and in mining of Trichoderma genomes for novel metabolites and proteins of relevance to agriculture and medicine. He has transferred two technologies to five biotech companies. | BARC Newsletter 2016 37 | November-December BARC Celebrates Founder’s Day 2. Shri Rayakamath Dinesh Babu, SO/H, RPD, RPG, BARC Shri Babu has been awarded for his contributions in the field of “Core Calibration Experiments at P4 and development of reactor internals and equipment to be used in a project of national importance”. He has played a pivotal role in the core calibration campaign at P4, which was successfully completed due to his hard work, dedication, extensive field engineering and excellent coordination. He also has played a key role in developing infrastructure at site for refuelling and commissioning of novel Spent Fuel Storage Modules 5. Shri S. Sarkar, DS & Director, ChTG, BARC Shri Sarkar has beem Awarded for his contributions in the field of “Chemical Engineering ”. He had led a multi- disciplinary team of Engineers and Scientists in harnessing multi-disciplinary “Enrichment Technology” to meet the growing strategic and non-strategic applications of the nation. He has immensely contributed and spearheaded the scaling up of in-house developed Fluorine production technology, plant scale refining of different kinds of feed materials, indigenous development of ultra-low range flow meters and vacuum gauges, development of advanced technology HSR machines with higher output and their successful deployment in larger scale.