Commission

The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was first set up in August 1948 in the then Department of Scientific Research, which was created a few months earlier in June 1948. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was set up on August 3, 1954 under the direct charge of the Prime Minister through a Presidential Order. Subsequently, in accordance with a Government Resolution dated March 1, 1958, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was established in the Department of Atomic Energy. The then Prime Minister ( late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru) also laid a copy of this Resolution on the table of the Lok Sabha on March 24, 1958.

According to the Resolution constituting the AEC, the Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Atomic Energy is ex-officio Chairman of the Commission. The other Members of the AEC are appointed for each calendar year on the recommendation of the Chairman, AEC and after approval by the Prime Minster.

The composition of the Atomic Energy Commission for the year 2010 is given below :

	Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, Secretary to Govt. of India, Department of Atomic Energy	Chairman
	Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office	Member
	Shri T.K.A. Nair, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister	Member
	Shri Shivshankar Menon, National Security Advisor	Member
	Shri Ajit Kumar Seth, Cabinet Secretary	Member
	Smt Nirupama Rao Foreign Secretary	Member
	Shri Sumit Bose, Secretary Dept of Expenditure	Member
	Shri V.V. Bhat, Secretary to Goverment of india	Member Finance
	Prof. C.N.R. Rao, Honorary President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru	Member
	Dr. M.R. Srinivasan, Former Member(Energy) Planning Commission & ex-Chairman AEC	Member
	Prof. P. Rama Rao, ISRO Dr. Brahm Prakash Distinguished Professor, Chairman BRNS & Former Chairman Atomic Energy Regulatory Board	Member
	Dr Anil Kakodkar Former Chairman, ACE and Homi Bhabha Professor	Member
	Dr R.K.Sinha Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre	Member
	Dr R.B. Grover Principal Adviser, DAE	Member
	Shri Arun Srivastava, Member, Strategic Planning Group, Scientific Officer-H, DAE	Secretary