A. K. Balasubrahmanian
♦ A. K. Balasubrahmanian has taken over charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). He succeeded Dr D. K. Shukla. Before joining AERB, Balasubrahmanian served as Chairman, Project Design Safety Committee for Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR)–based Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs), and as Member, Safety Review Committee for Operating Plants of AERB. ♦ A. K. Balasubrahmanian, a Distinguished Scientist, is a mechanical engineer with training in nuclear engineering and is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE). ♦ The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board was constituted on November 15, 1983, by the President of India, exercising the powers conferred by the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, to carry out certain regulatory and safety functions under the Act. The mission of AERB is to ensure that the use of ionizing radiation and nuclear energy in India does not cause undue risk to the health of people and the environment.