Pranab R. Dastidar

FIAS
Born(1933-07-10)10 July 1933
Died11 February 2022(2022-02-11) (aged 88)
California, USA[1]
NationalityIndian
Known forIndian nuclear programme, team leader of Electronic Detonation System and Smiling Buddha project[2] and press the trigger button of India's first Nuclear test,[1]
Design and development of INS Arihant[3]
AwardsPadma Shree (1975)
Scientific career
FieldsElectronics, Nuclear Physics[4]
InstitutionsDirector at Bhabha Atomic Research Center[3]

Pranab Rebatiranjan Dastidar (10 July 1933 – 11 February 2022) was an Indian electronics engineer and nuclear physicist. He was a director of Bhabha Atomic Research Center.[3] Dastidar led the Electronic Detonation System in Smiling Buddha project, India's first ever nuclear bomb test.[5] He received Padma Shri in 1975.[6] He died at California on 11 February 2022.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dastidar: The man who pressed the Pokhran-1 nuclear test button dies in America. India News - Times of India - Bharat Times". Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "India's Nuclear Weapons Program - Smiling Buddha: 1974". nuclearweaponarchive.org. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Shukla, P. K.; said, DRDO on. "Arihant: The Annihilator". Indian Defence Review. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Indian Academy of Sciences". fellows.ias.ac.in. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "India's Nuclear Weapons Program - Smiling Buddha: 1974". nuclearweaponarchive.org.
  6. ↑ Perkovich, George (2001). India's Nuclear Bomb: The Impact on Global Proliferation. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-23210-5. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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