
Dr. D. N. Wadia
Geological Advisor
(13-10-1950 to 15-06-1969) |
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) is the oldest unit of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). Under the Atomic Energy Act, passed by the Govt. of India on April 15, 1948 and following creation of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) on August 10, 1948, AMD was created on July 29, 1949 as ‘Rare Minerals Survey Unit’ with headquarter in New Delhi. It was renamed first as ‘Raw Materials Division’ and then as ‘Atomic Minerals Division’ in 1958. Its headquarter was later shifted to Hyderabad in 1974. In keeping with its growing stature as one of the country’s leading scientific organizations involved in multi-disciplinary and multi-faceted exploration-cum-analytical-cum research activities, the ‘Division’ was rechristened as a ‘Directorate’ on July 29, 1998 on the eve of its stepping into the ‘Golden Jubilee’ Year.
AMD commenced its operations on October 3, 1950 with a nucleus of 17 geoscientists which has grown to 1808 personnel (in all categories) as on 01.02.2024. The principal mandate of the unit was to carry out geological exploration and discover mineral deposits required for Atomic Energy power programme of the country. Professor D.N. Wadia, “Padma Bhusan“ awardee (1958), FRS, a doyen among Indian geologists guided the exploration programme of the Directorate till 1970 as Geological Advisor of the Department. The unit saw Dr. P.K. Ghosh as its first Director appointed in 1957.
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With the shifting of Headquarters from Delhi to Hyderabad in 1974, activities of the Directorate were spread out by opening new Regional center at Shillong (North Eastern Region), Hyderabad (South Central Region) and Jaipur (Western Region) in addition to the four already existing center at New Delhi (Northern Region), Benguluru (Southern Region), Kolkata/ Jamshedpur (Eastern Region) and Nagpur (Central Region), and equipping various laboratories at headquarters with the state of the art instruments. Directors who have successfully steered the Directorate to its present glory are as follows
Our Leaders (Former Directors)
Dr. P. K. Ghosh
Duration 1957–1960 |
Shri K.K.Dar
Duration 1970–1974 |
Dr. G.R. Udas
Duration 1974–1981 |
Shri A.V. Phadke
Duration 1981–1985 |
Shri T.M. Mahadevan
Duration 1985–1987 |
Shri A.C. Saraswat
Duration 1987–1990 |
Shri Ravi Kaul
Duration 1990–1992 |
Dr. S.Viswanathan
Duration 1992–1993 |
Dr. K.K. Dwivedy
Duration 1993–1998 |
Shri D.C. Banerjee
Duration 1998–2001 |
Shri R.K. Gupta
Duration 2001–2003 |
Shri R.M. Sinha
Duration 2003–2006 |
Dr. Anjan Chaki
Duration 2006–2010 |
Shri P.B. Maithani
Duration 2010–2011 |
Shri P.S. Parihar
Duration 2011–2015 |
Dr. A.K. Rai
Duration Jan 2016–Nov 2016 |
Shri L.K.Nanda
Duration Dec 2016–Apr 2018 |
Shri M.B. Verma
Duration May 2018–Dec 2019 |
Dr. D. K. Sinha
Duration Jan 2020–Nov 2022 |
B.Saravanan
Duration Dec 2022–Apr 2024 |