Mumbai: Eminent nuclear scientist Dr Anil Kakodkar will be the recipient of the prestigious 'Maharashtra Bhushan' award for 2011-12. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai on Thursday.
The award, instituted in 1997 by the Maharashtra government to recognise the highly distinguished work and achievements of eminent persons from the state, representing different walks of life, carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and a citation.
Legendary humorist P L Deshpande, singer Lata Mangeshkar, cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, social workers Abhay and Rani Bang, industrialist Ratan Tata and scientist Jayant Narlikar are among the prominent recipients in the past.
The state government has been seeking guidance from Kakodkar, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, on the issue of Jaitapur nuclear power project in coastal Konkan....
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03:08 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Pune: Shiv Sena activists on Monday threatened to create a ruckus and disrupt the speech of eminent nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar at the Agarkar Institute in Pune. The party had threatened to disrupt the function if the former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission spoke in favour of the Jaitapur project. It was only after the organisers gave a written undertaking that Kakodkar would not mention Jaitapur was the function...
02:41 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Former Atomic Energy Commission Chief Anil Kakodkar said if there is a tendency to penalised people for taking bold steps, then new technology can't be developed in the country. ...
02:33 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Manipal (Karnataka): former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar on Saturday termed the agitation against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant as "unfortunate". Kakodkar asked the protestors not to link the issue with Fukushima Nuclear disaster in Japan. "To link Kudankulam plant controversy to Fukushima is uncalled for. It was tsunami which destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant, not technical glitches in reactors," Kakodkar said. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating Innovation Centre and Manipal...
07:35 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Delhi: The Japan quake and the possible nuclear fallout found an echo in the Maharashtra assembly on Monday. The divide over the proposed nuclear power plant in Jaitapur in the state has sharpened forcing the government to call in atomic energy expert Anil Karkodkar to pacify the legislators. The uproar against the proposed nuclear power plant in Jaitapur over the past few months and questions about nuclear safety after the...
10:02 PM, Mar 14, 2011
Mumbai: India's nuclear reactors are safe, claimed former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar while defending the proposed Jaitapur nuclear plant in Maharashtra. Kakodkar made the claim during an unprecedented PowerPoint presentation for Maharashtra's legislators in Mumbai on Monday. "Other options to generate electricity are not enough for our needs. Our technological equipment and infrastructure is lacking. We have technical know-how, but nuclear power is essential. Uranium should...
01:27 PM, Mar 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Human Resource Development Ministry has refused a proposal seeking a four-fold increase in fees of undergraduate courses at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal termed the proposal of huge increase from Rs 50,000 a year to Rs 2.5 lakh a year as a deterrent to aspiring students. The five-member Anil Kakodkar Committee, working on the new fee structure, has been asked to rework...
06:04 PM, Jan 21, 2011
Success of Pokharan II nuclear test is not in doubt, says eminent scientist. ...
08:23 PM, Dec 13, 2009
Kakodkar was talking on if Pak reactors should be a cause of worry for India. ...
09:01 AM, Feb 06, 2009
India and France signed civil nuclear cooperation agreement on Tuesday. ...
04:28 PM, Oct 01, 2008
Taunton: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels that the quick outfield of English grounds will help run-scoring in the forthcoming Test series starting Thursday with the first Test at Lord's. The Indian captain watched Somerset openers Andrew Strauss (78) and Arul Suppiah (145 not out) score quickly at the County Ground here despite strong showers. Somerset made 329/2 on the opening day Friday. The outfield will be 200 miles faster...
06:40 PM, Feb 12, 2008
IAEA's Mohammed ElBaradei says N-deal is a step in the right direction. ...
11:53 AM, Sep 18, 2007
Indian and US officials have six months to discuss arrangements for the deal. ...
09:18 PM, Aug 18, 2007
US Energy Secretary Samuel W Bodman arrived in Delhi on Tuesday to take the Indo-US nuclear deal forward. ...
07:19 PM, Mar 20, 2007
India has sent out a firm signal to US ahead of the Congress meet to work out a bill on the Indo-US N-deal. ...
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