Daily Current Affairs 20.09.2018: Atomic Energy Commission

Daily Current Affairs 20.09.2018: Atomic Energy Commission

Atomic Energy Commission 

Overview: 
Know the AEC:

• The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was first setup in August 1948 in the Department of Scientific Research.

• Further, in accordance with a Government Resolution, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was established in the Department of Atomic Energy. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was setup on August 3, 1954 under the direct charge of the Prime Minister through a Presidential Order.

• According to the Resolution constituting the AEC, the Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Atomic Energy is ex-officio Chairman of the Commission.

• The other Members of the AEC are appointed on the recommendation of the Chairman, AEC and after approval by the Prime Minister. 

Important functions:

• To organise research in atomic scientists in the country.

• To train, atomic scientists in the country.

• To promote nuclear research in commission’s own laboratories as well as in India.

• To undertake prospecting of atomic minerals in India and to extract such minerals for use on industrial scale.

The government has appointed prominent scientist Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas as chairman of Atomic Energy Commission and secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). Mr. Shekhar Basu will be succeeded by him.