{"id":211894,"date":"2019-03-13T08:30:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T03:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=211894"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T10:31:07","slug":"dr-a-k-mohanty-takes-over-as-director-bhabha-atomic-research-centre-barc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/03\/13\/dr-a-k-mohanty-takes-over-as-director-bhabha-atomic-research-centre-barc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr A.K. Mohanty takes over as Director Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dr A.K. Mohanty, distinguished Scientist and Director, physics group of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Director, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, took over as Director, BARC on 12-03-2019<\/strong> from Shri K.N. Vyas, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy.\u00a0 Dr Mohanty graduated from the 26<sup>th<\/sup>batch of the BARC Training School and joined the Nuclear Physics Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in 1983.\u00a0 During the past 36 years, Dr. Mohanty has worked in several areas of nuclear physics covering collision energy from sub-Coulomb barrier to the relativistic regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Mohanty is the recipient of Young Scientists Award of Indian Physical Society (1988), Young Physicist Award by Indian National Science Academy (1991) and Department of Atomic EnergyHomi Bhabha Science &amp; Technology Award (2001).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While taking over as Director-BARC, Dr Mohanty has expressed gratitude towards his predecessors in Physics Group who have helped him in understanding finer nuances of low and high energy nuclear physics. He also gratefully acknowledged the efforts put in by his seniors which have helped in the completion of projects of national and international importance in which he could contribute, and said he is committed to continue further the work of BARC in the fields of societal importance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Ministry of Science &amp; Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr A.K. 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