NEW DELHI: Rajagopala Chidambaram, the architect of India’s nuclear weapons programme who played a key role in the atomic tests at Pokhran in 1974 and 1998, passed away in Mumbai on Saturday morning. He was 88.
A world-class physicist and an astute science administrator, Chidambaram made legendary contributions to the field of nuclear physics, besides introducing innovative technologies to empower communities in rural India.
Chidambaram joined the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in 1962 and rose to become its director in 1990.
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