Anil Kakodkar

Anil Kakodkar, FNA (born 11 November 1943) is an Indian nuclear physicist and mechanical engineer.

Kakodkar graduated from Ruparel College, then from VJTI, University of Mumbai with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1963.

[3] He continues to engage in designing the Advanced Heavy Water Reactor, that uses thorium-uranium 233 as the primary energy source with plutonium as the driver fuel.

The unique reactor system, with simplified but safe technology, will generate 75 per cent of electricity from thorium.

[4] Fire and Fury Transforming India's Strategic Identity -- authored by Anil Kakodkar and Suresh Gangotra

The Chairman Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Atomic Energy Dr. Anil Kokodkar in 2006
The former President Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Vibhushan to the then Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Anil Kakodkar, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 31 March 2009