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- M.R. Srinivasan, the former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, passed away.
- He worked with Dr. Homi Bhabha on the construction of India’s first nuclear research reactor, Apsara, which achieved criticality in August 1956.
- In August 1959, he was appointed Principal Project Engineer for the construction of India’s first atomic power station.
- In 1984, Chairman of the Nuclear Power Board.
- In 1987, he was appointed Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy.
- That same year, he became the Founder-Chairman of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).
- He also served as a senior advisor at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna from 1990 to 1992.
- He was awarded the Padma Shri (1984), Padma Bhushan (1990) and Padma Vibhushan (2015).
- He was a Member of the Planning Commission, Government of India from 1996 to 1998.
- He was a Member of India's National Security Advisory Board from 2002 to 2004 and again from 2006 to 2008.
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