Times of India Jun 20, 2017
Padma Shri Prof Predhiman Krishan KawPadma Shri Prof Predhiman Krishan Kaw
Highlights
- Prof Predhiman Krishan Kaw was the founder director of Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar
- The institute catapulted India to being one among the seven member entities that is building the world’s largest fusion experiment
AHMEDABAD: The father of India’s nuclear fusion reactor research programme, Padma Shri Prof Predhiman Krishan Kaw, died late on Sunday night. He was the founder director of Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar, an institute that catapulted India to being one among the seven member entities that is building the world’s largest fusion experiment — the US $ 14 billion International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Kaw was the first chairman of the ITER Council Science and Technology Advisory Committee and led the committee’s deliberations from 2007 to 2009.