Anil Anand

Retired from BARC in 2001 after serving for 40 years. In the early years he was involved in the design and development of nuclear fuels; major contribution was in the reload fuel designs of Tarapur BWR Reactors set up in 1969 by The GE and the fuel design for Dhruva Reactor. During the last 15 years of his career, he was the leader of the most prestigious project of the DAE; with a young team of engineers and scientists from BARC and some from Navy, he designed and built the Land Based Nuclear Propulsion Plant for the Navy’s Submarine Propulsion Program. All submariners are trained here before going to the sea. Since April 2004, he is Director Technical, Microtrol Sterilisation Services Private Ltd. Mumbai where he designs and develops, Gamma sterilization and steam sterilization plants. He was on the Board of Trustees of NAARRI (National Association for Application of Radiation and Radio-isotopes) for 5 years and the President for 10 years He started writing in 2014 and published his Biography/Autobiography ‘THE SECOND STRIKE’ His second book ‘Submarine Propulsion-Muscle Power to Nuclear’ was released in 2016. His third book ‘Probating the Will and Testament’ was released in May 2019 on the occasion of the annual day of ‘Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association’. He is the main author of the chapter on Marine Propulsion in the Encyclopedia of Nuclear Energy published by Elsevier Publications *views are Personal.