Malur Ramasamy Srinivasan (born 5 January 1930),[1] is an Indian nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer.

He completed his schooling at the Intermediate College, Mysore in the science stream where he chose Sanskrit and English as his language for study.

He subsequently completed his master's in 1952 and was awarded a doctor of Philosophy degree in 1954 from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

He worked with Homi Bhabha on the construction of India's first nuclear research reactor, Apsara,[1] which went critical in August 1956.

In August 1959, Srinivasan was appointed as Principal Project Engineer in the construction of India's first atomic power station.