M. S. Ramakumar

M. S. Ramakumar
Born India
Occupation Roboticist
Nuclear physicist
Known for Robotics
Awards Padma Shri

Mallasamudram Subramanyam Ramakumar was an Indian nuclear physicist and roboticist, known for developing robotic and automation technologies for Indian defence purposes.[1] He was the director of the Department of Nuclear Fuels, Automation and Manufacturing Group of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, (BARC) Trombay[2] and, later, headed the Division of Remote Handling of Robotics at the organization.[3] Ramakumar was one of the key people behind the Pokhran-II test, conducted by India in 1998.[4][5] It was his team which developed the online fuelling and coolant channel inspection systems for the power reactors for the 1998 tests.[6]

Ramakumar published several articles on Robotics[7][8] and Remote handling technologies[2][9] in peer reviewed journals of international repute. He was a member of the advisory board of the Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, organised by Space Applications Centre of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), at Ahmedabad, in 2002[10] and was an external examiner of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.[11] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 1999.[12]

References

  1. ↑ T. S. Subramanian (May 1998). "Key players in Pokhran". Frontline. 15 (11).
  2. 1 2 M. S. Ramakumar. "Remote Technologies for Handling Spent Fuel" (PDF). International Atomic Energy Agency.
  3. ↑ M. L. Sondhi (Ed.) (2000). Nuclear Weapons and India's National Security. Har-Anand Publications. pp. 202 of 202 pages.
  4. ↑ "Operation Shakti: 1998". Nuclear Weapon Archive. 30 March 2001. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ Robert Curley (Ed.) (2011). Weapons of Mass Destruction. Britannica Educational Publishing. pp. 53 of 168. ISBN 9781615307517.
  6. ↑ Kanavi, Shivanand (September 1999). "Thorium is the Word". Business India.
  7. ↑ K Jayarajan; D Venkatesh; MS Ramakumar (1991). "Development of a 4 axis robot for automation in nuclear industry". International Symposium on Intelligent Robots: 120–125.
  8. ↑ M. S. Ramakumar (1999). Role of Indigenous R&D in the Area of Robotics and Automation. Allied Publishers. pp. 270–277 of 833 pages.
  9. ↑ D. Venkatesh; M. S. Ramakumar (January 1998). "Design of a Telemanipulator for Radioactive Waste Management". International Symposium on Intelligent Robotics.
  10. ↑ "Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing". Space Applications Centre. 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "External Examiner" (PDF). Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.


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