Career:
Director, NIAS, September 2009-
Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Chairman, Recruitment & Assessment Board, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Member, National Security Advisory Board

Secretary, Government of India, Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi
Nuclear Scientist, BARC, 1963-2005

Research Interests: 
Nuclear Physics, Applications of Low Energy Accelerator

Awards and Honours:
Padma Bhushan, Government of India, 2005

Brief CV
Prof. V. S. Ramamurthy is a well known Indian nuclear scientist with a broad range of contributions from basic research to science administration. Prof. Ramamurthy started his career in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai in the year 1963. He has made important research contributions, both experimental and theoretical, in many areas of nuclear fission and heavy ion reaction mechanisms, statistical and thermodynamic properties of nuclei, physics of atomic and molecular clusters and low energy accelerator applications. During the period 1995-2006, Prof. Ramamurthy was fully involved in science promotion in India as Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi. He was also the Chairman of the IAEA Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Applications for nearly a decade. After retirement from government service, Prof. Ramamurthy, in addition to continuing research in Nuclear Physics in the Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi has also been actively involved in human resource development in all aspects of nuclear research and applications. He is presently the Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore. He is also currently the Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Chairman, Recruitment & Assessment Board, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and Member, National Security Advisory Board. In recognition of his services to the growth of Science and Technology in the country, Prof. Ramamurthy was awarded one of the top civilian awards of the country, the Padma Bhushan, by the Government of India in 2005.