Atomic Energy Commission of India - Establishment, Activities and Functions

Atomic Energy Commission of India - Establishment, Activities and Functions

Established on August 3, 1948

Functions of the Atomic Energy Commission

1. To carry out research in atomic science in the country

2. To train atomic scientists in the country

3. To promote nuclear research in the Commission's own laboratories.

4. To undertake prospective search for atomic minerals in India and to extract such minerals to use them on industrial scale.

Current Chairman R.K.Sinha