M. V. Ramana is professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the

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, and Director of the Masters of Public Policy and Global Affairs program at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

Career

M. V. Ramana obtained his Ph.D. in physics from

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in 1994 and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Physics,

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, and the Center for International Studies,

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. He has worked at the Nuclear Futures Laboratory and the Program on Science and Global Security, both at

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. He is a member of the

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, the Canadian Pugwash Group, the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group, and the team that produces the annual

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. He is professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the

, and Director of the Masters of Public Policy and Global Affairs program at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

Bibliography

Books

* ''Nuclear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change'', Verso, 2024. * ''The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India'', Penguin Books, 2012. * co-editor, ''Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream'', New Delhi,

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, 2003. * ''Bombing Bombay? Effects of Nuclear Weapons and a Case Study of a Hypothetical Explosion'', Cambridge, MA,

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, 1999.

Selected articles

*Fissile materials in South Asia and the implications of the US-India nuclear deal, ''Science and Global Security,'' 2006, 14 (2-3), 117-143 *Nuclear power: Economic, safety, health, and environmental issues of near-term technologies, ''Annual Review of Environment and Resources'' 34, 2009, 127-152 *Economics of nuclear power from heavy water reactors, ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2005,1763-1773 *Fast breeder reactor programs: History and status, ''International Panel on Fissile Materials Research Report'', 8, 2010 *Nuclear power and the public, ''Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists'', 2011, 67 (4), 43-51 *India, Pakistan and the Bomb, ''Scientific American'', 2001, 285 (6), 60-71 *Weapon-grade plutonium production potential in the Indian prototype fast breeder reactor, ''Science and Global Security'', 2007, 15 (2), 85-105 *Beyond our imagination: Fukushima and the problem of assessing risk, ''Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists'', 2011, 19 April *Early Warning in South Asia—Constraints and Implications, ''Science & Global Security'', 2003, 11 (2-3), 109-150 *Nuclear Power in India: Failed Past, Dubious Future, 2007, Available at www. npec-web. org/Frameset. asp *The risks and consequences of nuclear war in South Asia, ''Out of the Nuclear Shadow'', edited by S. Kothari, and Z. Mian, 2001, 185-196 *Costing plutonium: Economics of reprocessing in India, ''International Journal of Global Energy Issues'', 2007, 27 (4), 454-471 *The nuclear confrontation in South Asia, ''SIPRI Yearbook 2003: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security'', 195-212 *Nuclear power and the public. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 2011;67(4):43-51. doi:10.1177/0096340211413358

Recognitions

* In 2014, Ramana received the

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Award of the

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References

External links

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