Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme

Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme is an Indian scientist, teacher, author and a former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of the Government of India, known for his expertise in heat transfer and energy technologies. He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2001, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.

Biography Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme was born to Indumati Sukhatme and Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme, renowned statistician and a Padma Bhushan award winner, on 5 November 1938 and the Solar Energy Society of India and is a former member of the Indian National Science Academy council. Solar Energy - Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage and The Real Brain Drain. His contributions are known behind the establishment of an inter-disciplinary postgraduate and research programme in Energy Systems Engineering at IIT Bombay. The program has grown over the years to become an independent department, the Department of Energy Science and Engineering. In 2001, he received the Om Prakash Bhasin Award from Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, the first recipient of the award. Indian National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, India . He is an elected member of the Society of Sigma Xe and a Fellow of the Indian Society for Technical Education.