Nuclear Fusion – Page 2 – Prof Prabhat Ranjan’s Blog

How a “Photo” brought ADITYA Tokamak(Nuclear Fusion Reactor) back from death!

This blog covers my experience of repairing a key magnet coil without which machine would have been dead and all due to a photo I happened to notice somewhere without searching for it!

[This blog covers my experience of repairing a key magnet coil without which machine would have been dead and all due to a photo I happened to notice somewhere without searching for it!]

5 Days Miracle in Nuclear Fusion Reactor(ADITYA Tokamak)

[This blog describes how I could get ADITYA Tokamak working in 5 days in 1995 in spite of international experts failing to do so for 6 years!]

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My Research Journey to Brain

This blog tries to summarize my research journey from Universe to Sun to Moon to Earth to Body to Brain.

[ This blog tries to summarize my research journey from Universe to Sun to Moon to Earth to Body to Brain. Some of this is covered in a talk I gave at IIASA, Vienna – https://youtu.be/327A01oYqdo ]

Chances of Commercialization of Nuclear Fusion(Hindi)

India’s plan for Nuclear Fusion(Hindi)

Initial Days of Nuclear Fusion in India (Hindi)

How I got into Nuclear Fusion Research

This story goes back to 1981, when I had completed my Masters in Physics from Delhi University and was proceeding to USA to do PhD. I did specialization in Astrophysics and General Theory of Relativity during my MSc. During summer of 1981, I had worked with Prof J V Narlikar on Black Holes at TIFR as part of NCERT National Science Talent Search Summer Camp.

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Prof. Prabhat Ranjan is currently Vice Chancellor of D Y Patil International University, Akurdi, Pune. From April 2013 to April 2018, he was heading India’s Technology Think Tank, TIFAC in Delhi. TIFAC is an autonomous body under Dept of Science and Technology, Govt of India. Earlier he was Professor at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute for Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar (DA-IICT) from 2002 to 2013. He was educated in Netarhat School(near Ranchi), IIT Kharagpur and Delhi University. He received his Ph D from University of California, Berkeley where he carried our research on “Nuclear Fusion” at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory during 1983-86. He immediately returned to India after this and carried out research in Nuclear Fusion area at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta and Institute for Plasma Research(IPR), Gandhinagar. He played a major role in India’s Nuclear Fusion program and was Project Leader of the largest operational Indian Fusion Reactor, ADITYA, at Institute for Plasma Research from 1996-2002.

His interests include applications of Wireless Sensor Network to Wildlife, Planetary Exploration (Chandrayaan mission), Nuclear Fusion, Healthcare, Agriculture etc. He has received National Science Talent Search Award, IBM Faculty Innovation Grant, HP Innovate 2009 award, Bihar Gaurav Samman 2012 and NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Award 2012. In March 2022, he was also honored with EduStar India’s Most Impactful Vice Chancellor Award for 2021-22.
He has been recognized among few visionaries, who can lead India towards 5 Trillion Dollar Economy. He has been also honoured with Maharashtra Ratna Gaurav Puraskar by Shalini Foundation in 2024. He is also recognized among the top “100 Great IITians : Dedicated to the Service of the Nation”.