{{Short description|Indian scientist (1947–2018)}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Baldev Raj | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|04|09}} | birth_place = Jammu and Kashmir, India | death_date = {{dda|2018|1|6|1947|4|9|df=y}} | death_place = Pune | field = | work_institution = {{ubl|National Institute of Advanced Studies|Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)|Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar |National Institute of Technology Puducherry}} | alma_mater = {{ubl|Indian Institute of Science|National Institute of Technology, Raipur|Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)}} | known_for = | prizes = | image_size = }} '''Baldev Raj''' (9 April 1947 – 6 January 2018) was an Indian scientist and director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam, India.
==Education== He had a Bachelors in Engineering (B.E.) from Government Engineering College, Raipur Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (Now National Institute of Technology, Raipur), and a PhD from IISc, Bangalore, D.Sc. (h.c.) from Sathyabama Deemed University, Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/balbio.htm |title=BioData |access-date=26 March 2009 |archive-date=4 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304193602/http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/balbio.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nias.res.in/content/people?qt-faculty_tabs=1#qt-faculty_tabs|title = People | National Institute of Advanced Studies}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/balbio.htm |title=Bio Data of Baldev Raj |access-date=26 March 2009 |archive-date=4 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304193602/http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/balbio.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.igcar.ernet.in/director/publications.htm |title=Publication Details |access-date=2 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706054929/http://www.igcar.ernet.in/director/publications.htm |archive-date=6 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career== He was director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam, India. He was also the director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies.
He died on 6 January 2018 in Pune from an apparent cardiac arrest.
==Awards== He was awarded one of the H K Firodia awards, padma shri award also for 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://hkfirodiaawards.org/awards_2.html|title= Celebrating 22 Years of H. K. Firodia Awards for Excellence in Science & Technology|publisher= H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation|access-date= 1 May 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234211/http://hkfirodiaawards.org/awards_2.html|archive-date= 4 March 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref>
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{{2000s Padma Shri Award Recipients in Science & Engineering}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raj, Baldev}} Category:1947 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Engineers from Jammu and Kashmir Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering Category:Indian Institute of Science alumni Category:Indian metallurgists Category:Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology alumni Category:20th-century Indian engineers Category:National Institute of Technology, Raipur alumni