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Bal Raj Nijhawan
Bal Raj Nijhawan, (1915 – 2014) was an Indian metallurgist, author and the first Director of Indian origin of the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He was a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian science award, which he received in 1964 in the Engineering sciences category. The Government of India honoured him in 1958, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.
==Biography==
Bal Raj Nijhawan was born to Rajwanti and Lala Sukh Diyal Nijhawan, as one of their six children, four boys and two girls, on 22 September 1915〔 in Lyallpur, presently known as Faisalabad, in the erstwhile British India.〔〔 His early years were spent in the present day Pakistan and did his graduate studies at Banares Hindu University in metallurgy to get a BSc degree in 1936. Later, he moved to London and secured a doctorate in Metallurgy from University of Sheffield in 1941.〔
Nijhawan moved to India with his family during the Partition of India in 1947 and joined the National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), which was in its infancy at that time, in the fifties.〔 Over the years, he became the Director of NML, the first Indian to reach the position. He worked there till 1966 when he moved to Vienna, Austria〔〔 to join the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as the Senior Inter-Regional Advisor (Metallurgical Industries).〔 He worked with UNIDO for 28 years〔 till his retirement in 1986.〔〔
After retirement from UNIDO, Bal Raj Nijhawan shifted his residence to Kokomo, Indiana and later, in 2013, he moved again to Florida. He was married to Pushpa and the couple had two sons, Pradeep and Pramodh. He died, aged 98, on 6 April 2014〔 at his home in Sun City Center, Florida and was cremated on 11 April 2014 at Manasota Funeral Home and Crematorium, Bradenton, Florida.〔〔
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