M. S. Ramakumar | |
|---|---|
| Born | India |
| Occupation(s) | Roboticist Nuclear engineer |
| Known for | Robotics |
| Awards | Padmashri |
Mallasamudram Subramanyam Ramakumar was an Indian mechanical engineer, scientist androboticist, known for developingrobotic and automation technologies for Indian nuclear and defence purposes.[1] He was the director of Nuclear Fuels, Automation and Manufacturing Group of theBhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay.[2] He was the first Head of Division of Remote Handling of Robotics (DRHR) at the organization. He pioneered robotic technology in India.[3] Ramakumar was one of thekey persons behind thePokhran-II test, conducted by India in 1998.[4][5] It was his team, which developed the online fuelling and coolant channel inspection systems for the power reactors for the 1998 tests.[6]
Ramakumar published several articles on Robotics[7][8] and Remote handling technologies[2][9] and peer reviewed a few journals of international repute. He was a member of the advisory board of theIndian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, organised by Space Applications Centre of theIndian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at Ahmedabad, in 2002[10] and was an external examiner of theIndian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.[11] Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of thePadmashri in 1999.[12]
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