Nuclear Fusion Transforming Healthcare

Q1. Could you start by giving us a brief overview of your professional background, particularly focusing on your expertise in the industry?

As a seasoned academic and researcher, my professional journey has been marked by significant contributions to nuclear fusion and technology management. I was educated at Netarhat School, IIT Kharagpur, and Delhi University, and received my Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1986, where I focused on nuclear fusion research at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. I was among the first in India to do a Ph.D. in this field. I spent nearly two decades as a nuclear fusion scientist in National Labs in the USA and India. I was the key person in improving the performance of two Tokamaks (nuclear fusion reactor) set up in India in the late 1980s by doing modeling and simulation, data acquisition system, sub-system development, and experiments. I was Project leader of ADITYA Tokamak and SST-1 Tokamak operation and Control group from 1996- 2002. In 2020, I started the first private nuclear fusion project called “Project Sanlayan” with a focus on medical isotope production and other usage of fusion-produced neutrons before aiming for energy production.

My career includes roles as a professor at…