Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad

Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad (1928-2013) was an Indian chemical engineer, bureaucrat and a former chairman of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC). He is credited with the design of the first Magnesium Plant in India in 1994 the first Indian atomic reactor. The Government of India honoured him in 1960, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.

Biography Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad was born on 21 February 1928 in a Telugu-speaking family at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh to Punnamma and Nutakki Ramaseshaiah, a former Member of Parliament and Minister of Health at the Government of Odisha. This was followed by advanced research at Case Institute of Technology (1953) and returned to India the same year to join Aluminium Company of Canada, Montreal at its Kolkata subsidiary to work for a year. During this period, he also served as the project manager of CIRUS reactor from 1958 to 1961 when he retired from DAE service. He also served as a board member of Electronics Corporation of India Limited (1965–79) and Indian Overseas Bank (1969-78). He received the Petrotech Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.