About Prakash Chandra Sood
Born 1928. Prakash Chandra Sood is a scientist.
Prakash Chandra Sood (born 1928) is a nuclear physicist and professor of nuclear physics from Punjab, India. Sood is known for his tenure at the Banaras Hindu University(BHU), where he served as the head of Physics department in 1969 and later set up the first Van de Graffe Accelerator at BHU. In 2023, he was awarded one of India's highest civilian award Padma Shri for literature and education.
Early life and education Prakash Chandra Sood was born in 1928 in Jalandhar. He gained B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in 1952 from Punjab University.
In 2015, he was named the "Senior Most Active Nuclear Scientist of India" by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.
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