Ravi Grover

Ravi B. Grover
Born February 12, 1949 (1949-02-12) (age 63)
Punjab, India
Residence India
Nationality Indian
Fields Mechanical Engineering
Institutions Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Department of Atomic Energy
Alma mater Indian Institute of Science
Known for Indian Nuclear Program
Operation Smiling Buddha
Operation Shakti

Dr. Ravi B. Grover is an Indian nuclear scientist and a mechanical engineer. He is the founding director of the Homi Bhabha National Institute, the Director of the Department of Atomic Energy's Strategic Planning Group (SPG) and Director of the Knowledge Management Group (formerly Associate Director, Technical Coordination & International Relations Group) at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).[1] He is a member of the World Nuclear University as a representative of the BARC training school. He is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

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Education and academic career

Dr. R. B. Grover completed his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering in 1970 and joined the staff of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. He completed a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1982.

Support for Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy

Ravi Grover is well-known in India as a proponent of nuclear energy.[2] He is an editor of the International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management.[3]

Role in the Indo-US nuclear negotiations

Ravi Grover is one half of the Kakodkar-Grover duo who are chiefly responsible for the success of the Indo-US negotiations that culminated in the 123 agreement signed in July 2007.[4] Anil Kakodkar and Ravi Grover were the technical advisors to India's politicians in the tense negotiations that led to the Indo-US nuclear agreement, a culmination of two years of painstaking negotiations.[5][6][7]

Quoted from Frontline magazine, Volume 24 - Issue 16 :: Aug. 11-24, 2007[8]:

Officials of the DAE called it “a fantastic team effort” and complimented the crucial, but low-key, role of Ravi B. Grover, Director of the DAE’s Strategic Planning Group. According to the DAE, Grover, who is also Director of the Knowledge Management Group of BARC, stood like a rock against the onslaught of American demands. While the core negotiating team comprised officials of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India’s High Commissioner to Singapore S. Jaishankar, Joint Secretary (Americas) Gayatri Kumar and Grover, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon stepped into the picture when the negotiations reached a decisive stage. In the final round in Washington in July, AEC Chairman and DAE Secretary Anil Kakodkar was available for consultations, although he did not participate directly in the negotiations.

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References

  1. ^ The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
  2. ^ http://www.dae.gov.in/press/spg/csd9.pdf
  3. ^ Nuclear Knowledge Management
  4. ^ The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
  5. ^ India and the US script nuclear deal- Hindustan Times
  6. ^ 123 countdown to India-US nuclear deal- Hindustan Times
  7. ^ Big deal: Both sides happy-India-The Times of India
  8. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20070824501401800.htm

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