Dr. R. Chidambaram
Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram (b. 1936) is an Indian physicist who served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors at IIT Madras for three years, from 2008 to 2011. He completed his B.Sc. with honours in physics from Madras University in 1956. After completing his M.Sc. in physics from the same university, he went on to obtain his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1962. He is known for his significant role in India’s nuclear weapons programme. He also coordinated the test preparations for Pokhran-I (1975) and Pokhran-II (1998). He served as the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India from 2002 to 2018.
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