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{{Short description|Research unit of the Government of India}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD)
| established = {{start date and age|1949}}
| image_name = Atomic_Minerals_Directorate_for_Exploration_and_Research_Logo.png
| city = [[Hyderabad, Telangana]]
| country = [[India]]
| type = Exploration and Research
| website = http://www.amd.gov.in
| director = Dheeraj Pande
| address = 1-10-153-156, AMD Complex, Begumpet, Hyderabad-500 016<br/>India
}}

'''Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research''' (AMD), with headquarters at [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]] and seven regional centers, is the oldest unit of the [[Department of Atomic Energy (India)]] (DAE), [[Government of India]]. The principal mandate of the organisation is to carry out geological exploration and discover mineral deposits required for [[nuclear power]] programme of [[India]].

==History==

AMD started functioning from [[New Delhi]] on 10 August 1948 as ‘Rare Minerals Survey Unit'. Renamed first as ‘Raw Materials Division’ and then as ‘Atomic Minerals Division’ in 1958, it was shifted to Hyderabad in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) for Exploration and Research {{!}} EVISA's Company Database |url=https://speciation.net/Database/Companies/Atomic-Minerals-Directorate-AMD-for-Exploration-and-Research/-;i1226a-1 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=speciation.net}}</ref> On 29 July 1998 it underwent the latest name change as 'Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research' to assert its status as a premier geological exploration and research organisation. Professor [[Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia|D.N. Wadia]], FRS, a doyen among Indian geologists guided the organisation from its inception to 1970 as Geological Adviser to [[Government of India]].

On 29 July 2024, AMD celebrated its Diamond Jubilee year.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Krishnamurthy |first=P. |date=2024-10-01 |title=Diamond Jubilee of the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), Hyderabad, India |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/geosocindia/jour-geosocindia/article/100/10/1367/648470/Diamond-Jubilee-of-the-Atomic-Minerals-Directorate |journal=Journal of the Geological Society of India |volume=100 |issue=10 |pages=1367–1372 |doi=10.17491/jgsi/2024/173992 |issn=0016-7622|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Work spectrum==

The prime mandate of Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research is to identify and evaluate uranium resources required for the successful implementation of Atomic Energy programme of the country. AMD over the past five decades has been instrumental in locating [[Uranium]] resources in [[Singhbhum]] Shear Zone, Jharkhand; KPM (Domiasiat), Wahkut, Wahkyn, [[Meghalaya]]; Lambapur - Chitrial, Peddagattu, [[Telangana]]; [[Tummalapalle]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]; Gogi, [[Karnataka]] and Rohil, [[Rajasthan]]. AMD also has established vast resources of thorium in the coastal tracts of [[Kerala]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Orissa, India|Odisha]]. AMD has also extended its contribution towards recovery of Rare Metals and Rare Earths elements.

==Organisation==

Apart from the headquarters, centralised laboratories and specialised groups at Hyderabad,  AMD has seven regional centres at [[New Delhi]], [[Jaipur]], [[Shillong]], [[Jamshedpur]], [[Nagpur]], [[Bangalore]] and [[Hyderabad]]. Two sectional offices are located at [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and [[Vishakhapatnam]] for beach sand and offshore investigations. AMD commenced its operations with a nucleus of 17 geoscientists which has grown to 2777 personnel today.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.amd.gov.in AMD Home]

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