Sekhar Basu appointed chairman of AEC and Secretary DAE

Q.  Who has been appointed as AEC chairman on 10th October 2015?
- Published on 12 Oct 15

a. Sekhar Basu
b. AK Sinha
c. RK Sinha
d. Siddharth Basu

ANSWER: Sekhar Basu
 
Sekhar Basu has been appointed as chairperson of Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, DAE succeeding RK Sinha who superannuated on 23rd October 2015. Basu is currently director, BARC Mumbai and Chief Executive of NRB, part of BARC. Also the chairman of the International Design Review committee for an ITER project, he has been conferred with several awards including Padma Shri, DAE Special Achievement Award and Indian Nuclear Society Award.

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