K UmasankariDr. Umasankari is an experienced reactor physicist and currently the Head of the Reactor Physics Design Division at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). She is also a senior professor and PhD guide at the Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI). Se is specialized in thorium utilization in reactors, nuclear data physics for thorium fuel cycle and fuel cycle studies for advanced systems. She has great experience in the design and safety of thermal neutron reactor systems, specifically pressurized heavy water reactors and its advanced versions, high temperature reactors and molten salt reactors. She also has significant contributions to coupled neutronic and thermal hydraulic safety studies, design of reactor physics experiments and development of computational tools for reactor design. Read More Read Less