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{{Short description|Indian engineer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad
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| birth_date = 21 February 1928
| birth_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| death_date = 29 April 2013
| death_place = [[Hyderabad, India]]
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| occupation = Chemical engineer, bureaucrat, Industrialist
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| known for = Atomic energy
| spouse = Pendyala Ananthalakshmi
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| children = Four sons
| parents = [[Nutakki Ramaseshaiah]]<br>Punnamma
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Petrotech Lifetime Achievement Award
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'''Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad''' (1928-2013) was an Indian chemical engineer, bureaucrat and a former chairman of the [[Oil and Natural Gas Commission]] (ONGC).<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad ">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wix1JNIYKaA | title=Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad | publisher=[[YouTube]] video | date=21 September 2013 | accessdate=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="Naukri Hai">{{cite web | url=http://naukrihai.com/current-affairs_description.php?id=143 | title=Naukri Hai | publisher=Naukri Hai | date=2015 | accessdate=24 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040906/http://naukrihai.com/current-affairs_description.php?id=143 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is credited with the design of the first Magnesium Plant in India in 1994<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad " /> and was involved with the commissioning of Apsara research reactor,<ref name="NTI">{{cite web | url=http://www.nti.org/facilities/818/ | title=NTI | publisher=NTI | date=2015 | accessdate=25 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419042039/http://www.nti.org/facilities/818/ | archive-date=19 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Colours of India">{{cite web | url=http://www.thecolorsofindia.com/interesting-facts/science-and-technology/india-first-nuclear-reactor.html | title=Colours of India | publisher=Colours of India | date=2015 | accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> the first Indian atomic reactor.<ref name="Only for Narra">{{cite web | url=http://only4narra.blogspot.in/2011/01/well-known-scientist-in-india.html | title=Only for Narra | publisher=Only for Narra | date=2015 | accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 1960, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad was born on 21 February 1928 in a [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking family at [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] to Punnamma and [[Nutakki Ramaseshaiah]], a former Member of Parliament and Minister of Health at the [[Government of Odisha]].<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad " /> He did his early education at [[Parvathipuram, Andhra Pradesh|Parvatipuram]], Intermediate in S.K.C.G College Parlakhemundi and [[Visakhapatanam]] and obtained his graduate degree in mechanical engineering with honours from [[Madras University]] in 1947.<ref name="Only for Narra" /> Moving to [[Purdue University]], he obtained a master's degree (MS) in chemical engineering.<ref name="Purdue University">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQ84AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Nuthakki+Bhanu+Prasad%22 | title=Purdue University | publisher=Purdue University | date=2010 | accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> This was followed by advanced research at [[Case Institute of Technology]] (1953) and returned to India the same year to join Aluminium Company of Canada, Montreal at its Kolkata subsidiary to work for a year.<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad " />

In 1954, he joined the [[Department of Atomic Energy]] as the Head of Reactor Group and worked there till 1961.<ref name="India, a reference annual">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8NFAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Nuthakki+Bhanu+Prasad%22 | title=India, a reference annual | publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | date=1960 | accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> During this period, he also served as the project manager of [[CIRUS reactor]] from 1958 to 1961 when he retired from DAE service.<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad " /> From 1962 to 1974, he was associated with various private sector companies such as AFM, SEL, OXEECO, PIPL in the capacities of a director or managing director. In 1974, he was appointed the chairman of the [[Oil and Natural Gas Commission]], a position he held till 1978.<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad " /> From 1978 to 1980, he served as a government secretary in the [[Ministry of Power (India)|Ministry of Power]], followed by a stint at the [[World Bank]] as a consultant based in [[Washington DC]] till 1992.<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad " /> Simultaneously, he held the post of the chairman of [[Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation]] from 1986 to 1988 and later, served as a member of its board of governors.<ref name="IPE">{{cite web | url=http://www.ipeindia.org/main/uploads/IPE/Annual%20Reports/46Annual%20Report.pdf | title=IPE | publisher=IPE | date=2015 | accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref> He also served as a board member of [[Electronics Corporation of India Limited]] (1965–79) and [[Indian Overseas Bank]] (1969-78).<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad " />

Bhanu Prasad was married to Pendyala Ananthalakshmi and the couple had four sons.<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad " /> He died on 29 April 2013 in [[Hyderabad]] at the age of 85.<ref name="Naukri Hai" />

==Legacy and honours==
Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad was associated with three major Indian ventures such as the first nuclear reactor in Trombay, the development of [[Bombay High]] oil fields and the first Indian magnesium plant.<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad " /><ref name="Naukri Hai" /><ref name="Only for Narra" /> He is a recipient of [[Honoris Causa]] degrees of Doctor of Science from [[Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad]] (1975) and Doctor of Philosophy from [[Andhra University]] (1978). He was an elected member of the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, a founder member of the Hyderabad Management Association and a former president of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPCI) and the [[Institute of Public Enterprise]].<ref name="Padma Shri Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad " /><ref name="Only for Narra" /> In 1960, the [[Government of India]] awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Naukri Hai" /><ref name="Only for Narra" /><ref name="Politics CSRC">{{cite web | url=http://politicscsrc.page.tl/GREAT-PEOPLES-FROM--A-.-P.htm | title=Politics CSRC | publisher=Politics CSRC | date=2015 | accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref> He received the Petrotech Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.<ref name="Petrotech">{{cite web | url=http://www.petrotechsociety.org/?page_id=86 | title=Petrotech | publisher=Petrotech | date=2015 | accessdate=27 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523223550/http://www.petrotechsociety.org/?page_id=86 | archive-date=23 May 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Nuclear power in India]]
* [[Oil and Natural Gas Commission]]
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{{portal|India}}

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