M. S. Ramakumar: Difference between revisions

'''Mallasamudram Subramanyam Ramakumar''' was an Indian mechanical engineer, outstanding scientist and [[roboticist]], known for developing [[Robotics|robotic]] and automation technologies for Indian nuclear and defence purposes.<ref name="Key players in Pokhran">{{cite journal | url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1511/15110140.htm | title=Key players in Pokhran | author=T. S. Subramanian | journal=Frontline | date=May 1998 | volume=15 | issue=11}}</ref> He was the director of Nuclear Fuels, Automation and Manufacturing Group of the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] (BARC), Trombay.<ref name="Remote Technologies for Handling Spent Fuel ">{{cite journal | url=http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/30/003/30003821.pdf | title=Remote Technologies for Handling Spent Fuel | author=M. S. Ramakumar | journal=International Atomic Energy Agency}}</ref> He was the first Head of Division of Remote Handling of Robotics (DRHR) at the organization. He pioneered robotic technology in India.<ref name="Nuclear Weapons and India's National Security">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJedEqXq0-kC&q=M.+S.+Ramakumar&pg=PA202 | title=Nuclear Weapons and India's National Security | publisher=Har-Anand Publications | author=M. L. Sondhi (Ed.) | year=2000 | pages=202 of 202 pages| isbn=9788124106617 }}</ref> Ramakumar was one of the [[Pokhran-II#Development and test teams|key persons]] behind the [[Pokhran-II]] test, conducted by India in 1998.<ref name="Operation Shakti: 1998">{{cite web | url=http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/IndiaShakti.html | title=Operation Shakti: 1998 | publisher=Nuclear Weapon Archive | date=30 March 2001 | access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Weapons of Mass Destruction">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7X-dAAAAQBAJ&q=M.+S.+Ramakumar+BARC&pg=PA53 | title=Weapons of Mass Destruction | publisher=Britannica Educational Publishing | author=Robert Curley (Ed.) | year=2011 | pages=53 of 168 | isbn=9781615307517}}</ref> It was his team, which developed the online fuelling and coolant channel inspection systems for the power reactors for the 1998 tests.<ref name="Thorium is the Word">{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yeTCSK8MZqQC&q=%22Thorium+is+the+word%22++Business+India+September+6-19%2C+1999&pg=PA170 | title=Thorium is the Word | author=Kanavi, Shivanand | journal=Business India | date=September 1999| isbn=0253220939 }}</ref>

Ramakumar published several articles on Robotics<ref name="Development of a 4 axis robot for automation in nuclear industry">{{cite journal | url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hwpSmukAAAAJ&citation_for_view=hwpSmukAAAAJ:zYLM7Y9cAGgC | title=Development of a 4 axis robot for automation in nuclear industry |author1=K Jayarajan |author2=D Venkatesh |author3=MS Ramakumar | journal=International Symposium on Intelligent Robots | year=1991 | pages=120–125}}</ref><ref name="Role of Indigenous R&D in the Area of Robotics and Automation">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiMYlVwrQroC&q=M.+S.+Ramakumar+Robotics&pg=PA270 | title=Role of Indigenous R&D in the Area of Robotics and Automation | publisher=Allied Publishers | author=M. S. Ramakumar | year=1999 | pages=270–277 of 833 pages| isbn=9788170239390 }}</ref> and Remote handling technologies<ref name="Remote Technologies for Handling Spent Fuel " /><ref name="Design of a Telemanipulator for Radioactive Waste Management">{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ULgGA6zeZbgC&q=M.+S.+Ramakumar&pg=PA225 | title=Design of a Telemanipulator for Radioactive Waste Management |author1=D. Venkatesh |author2=M. S. Ramakumar | journal=International Symposium on Intelligent Robotics | date=January 1998| isbn=9788177646719 }}</ref> and peer reviewed a few journals of international repute. He was a member of the advisory board of the ''Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing'', organised by Space Applications Centre of the [[Indian Space Research Organization]] (ISRO) at Ahmedabad, in 2002<ref name="Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing">{{cite web | url=http://www.isical.ac.in/~iuprai/flyer2.html | title=Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing | publisher=Space Applications Centre | date=2015 | access-date=November 2, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030625204914/http://www.isical.ac.in/~iuprai/flyer2.html | archive-date=June 25, 2003 }}</ref> and was an external examiner of the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai]].<ref name="External Examiner">{{cite web | url=http://www.me.iitb.ac.in/me/external.pdf | title=External Examiner | publisher=Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai | date=2015 | access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri|Padmashri]] in 1999.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref>