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=A brief biography=
[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=21_05_2025_026_010_cap_TOI  Shantha Thiagarajan, May 21, 2025: ''The Times of India'']


Born on Jan 5, 1930 in Karnataka, Srinivasan finished his schooling at Mysore. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1950 from UVCE, then a new engineering college founded by M Visvesvaraya. After his masters in 1952, he was awarded a PhD by McGill University, Montreal, in 1954. Specialising in gas turbine technology, he joined department of atomic energy in Sept 1955 and worked alongside Bhabha. In Aug 1959, Srinivasan was appointed principal project engineer for the construction of India’s first atomic power station. He went on to become the chief project engineer of Madras atomic power station.  

M R Srinivasan was a nuclear scientist and former Atomic Energy Commission chairman who was instrumental in the development of India's nuclear power programme.

 Srinivasan had the distinction of working with Homi J Bhabha on the construction of India’s first nuclear research reactor, Apsara, which went critical in Aug 1956. His career was marked by associations with the most hallowed names in India’s atomic power programme, including Vikram Sarabhai, Homi Sethna and Dr Raja Ramanna.  
He was founder-chairman of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. Under his leadership, 18 power units were developed.