Government of India

Atomic Energy Commission

The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was first set up in August 1948 in the then Department of Scientific Research, which was  created a few months earlier in June 1948. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was set up on August 3, 1954 under the direct charge of the Prime Minister through a Presidential Order. Subsequently, in accordance with a Government Resolution dated March 1, 1958, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was established in the Department of Atomic Energy. The then Prime Minister ( late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru) also laid a copy of this Resolution on the table of the Lok Sabha on March 24, 1958.

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 for each calendar year on the recommendation of the Chairman, AEC and after approval by the Prime Minster.

  The composition of the Atomic Energy Commission for the year 2009  is given below:
Dr. S. Banerjee,  
Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy

Chairman
Shri Prithviraj Chavan, 
Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office

Member
Shri M.K. Narayanan, 
National Security Advisor

Member
Shri T.K.A. Nair,  
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

Member
Shri K.M. Chandrasekhar, 
Cabinet Secretary 

Member
Smt Nirupama Rao
 Foreign Secretary 

Member
Shri Ashok Chawla, 
Finance Secretary & Secretary to Govt. of India Dept. of Economic Affairs

Member
Shri V.V. Bhat,
Member (Finance), Atomic Energy Commission

Member
Finance
Prof. C.N.R. Rao, Honorary  
President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific  Research, B'lore

Member
Dr. M.R. Srinivasan,
Former Member(Energy) Planning Commission & ex-Chairman AEC

Member
Prof. P. Rama Rao,
ISRO Dr. Brahm Prakash Distinguished Professor, Chairman BRNS & Former Chairman Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

Member
Shri K. Muralidhar, 
Head Management Services Group, DAE

Secretary