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{{Short description|Department with headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India}}
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| name = Department of Atomic Energy
| native_name_a = {{lang|hi|परमाणु ऊर्जा विभाग}}
| native_name_r = {{lang|hi-Latn|Paramāṇu Ūrjā Vibhāga}}
| type = Department
| logo = Department of Atomic Energy.svg
| logo_caption = Logo of DAE <br />Motto: ''Atoms in the Service of the Nation''
| formed = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1954|08|03}}
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| jurisdiction = [[Government of India]]
| headquarters = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dae.nic.in/?q=node/38 |title=Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India |publisher=Dae.gov.in. |date=2009-11-03 |access-date=2011-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001185009/http://dae.nic.in/?q=node%2F38 |archive-date=1 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| budget = {{INRConvert|25078.49|c}} (2023-24 est)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1 February 2021|title=DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY|url=https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/sbe3.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526111843/https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/sbe3.pdf |archive-date=26 May 2020 |access-date=6 February 2021|website=Union Budget}}</ref>
| minister1_name = [[Narendra Modi]]
| minister1_pfo = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| deputyminister1_name = [[Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)|Jitendra Singh]]
| deputyminister1_pfo = [[Minister of State|Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy]]
| chief1_name =[[Ajit Kumar Mohanty]]
| chief1_position = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of Atomic Energy]] and Chairman, [[Atomic Energy Commission of India|Atomic Energy Commission]]
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| parent_agency = [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]]
| child1_agency = [[Atomic Energy Commission of India|Atomic Energy Commission]]
| child2_agency = [[Atomic Energy Regulatory Board]]
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{{Politics of India}}

The '''Department of Atomic Energy''' ('''DAE''') ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: ''Paramāṇu Ūrjā Vibhāga'') is an Indian government department with headquarters in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dae.nic.in/?q=node/38|title=Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India|date=2009-11-03|publisher=Dae.gov.in.|access-date=2010-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001185009/http://dae.nic.in/?q=node%2F38|archive-date=1 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> DAE was established in 1954 with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] as its first minister and [[Homi J. Bhabha|Homi Bhabha]] as its secretary.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWJ6EAAAQBAJ&pg=PP74|title=Kautilya's Arthashastra: Strategic Cultural Roots of India's Contemporary Statecraft|author=Kajari Kamal|page=74|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2022|isbn=9781000637472 }}</ref>

DAE has been engaged in the development of [[nuclear power]] [[Nuclear technology|technology]], applications of radiation technologies in the fields of [[agriculture]], [[medicine]], [[Industrial sector|industry]] and [[basic research]]. DAE comprises six research centres, three industrial organisations, five public sector undertakings and three service organisations. It has under its aegis two boards for promoting and funding extramural research in nuclear and allied fields, mathematics and a national institute (deemed university). It also supports eight institutes of international repute engaged in research in [[basic sciences]], [[astronomy]], [[astrophysics]], [[cancer research]] and [[education]]. It also has in its fold an educational society that provides educational facilities for children of DAE employees.

The important programmes of the DAE are directed towards:

* Enhancing the share of nuclear power in the Power Sector by deployment of indigenous and other proven technologies, and to develop fast breeder reactors, as well as thorium-based reactors with associated fuel cycle facilities;
* Building and operating of research reactors for the production of radioisotopes, building other sources of radiation such as accelerators and lasers, and developing and deploying radiation technology applications in the fields of medicine, agriculture, industry and basic research.
* Developing advanced technologies such as accelerators, lasers, supercomputers, robotics, areas related to fusion research, strategic materials and instrumentation, and encouraging the transfer of technology to industry.
* Carrying out and supporting basic research in nuclear energy and related frontier areas of science; interaction with universities and academic institutions; support to research and development projects having a bearing on DAE's programmes, and international cooperation in related advanced areas of research and contribution to national security.

==Apex Board==
* [[Atomic Energy Commission of India|Atomic Energy Commission]] (AEC), [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]

== Regulatory Board and Organisation ==
* [[Atomic Energy Regulatory Board]] (AERB), [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]

== Research & Development Sector ==
*[[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] (BARC), [[Mumbai]], following Research institutions affiliated to [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre|BARC]]
*[[Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research]] (AMD), [[Hyderabad]]
*[[Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research]] (IGCAR), [[Kalpakkam]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
*National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Pune
*[[Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology]] (RRCAT), [[Indore]]
*[[Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre]] (VECC), [[Kolkata]]
*[[Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership]] (GCNEP), [[Bahadurgarh]], [[Haryana]]
*[[Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Muzaffarpur]]

== Public Sector ==
*[[Electronics Corporation of India]] (ECIL), Hyderabad
*[[Indian Rare Earths Limited]] (IREL), [[Mumbai]]
*[[Uranium Corporation of India]] (UCIL), [[Singhbhum district|Singhbhum]]
* [[Nuclear Power Corporation of India]] (NPCIL), [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
*[[BHAVINI|Bharatiya Nabhkiya Vidyut Nigam Limited]] (BHAVINI), [[Kalpakkam]], [[Tamil Nadu]]

== Industrial Organisations ==
*[[Heavy Water Board]] (HWB), Mumbai
*[[Nuclear Fuel Complex]] (NFC), Hyderabad
*[[Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology|Board of Radiation & Isotope Technology]] (BRIT), Mumbai

== Service Organisations ==
*[https://dcsem.gov.in/ Directorate of Construction, Services and Estate Management (DCSEM)], [[Mumbai]]
*[https://www.dps.gov.in/ Directorate of Purchase and Stores (DPS)], [[Mumbai]]
*[https://www.igcar.gov.in/gso/ General Services Organisation (GSO)], [[Kalpakkam]]

== Universities and Boards ==
*[[Homi Bhabha National Institute]], [[Mumbai]]
*[https://brns.res.in/ Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences], [[Mumbai]]

== Aided Institutions ==
*[[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Mumbai]]
*[[Tata Memorial Centre|Tata Memorial Centre (TMC)]], [[Mumbai]]
*[https://www.cbs.ac.in/ Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences] [https://www.cbs.ac.in/ (CEBS)], [[Mumbai]]
*[[Institute for Plasma Research|Institute for Plasma Research (IPR)]], [[Gandhinagar]]
*[[Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics|Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP)]], [[Kolkata]]
*[[Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar|Institute of Physics (IoP)]], [[Bhubaneswar]]
*[[National Institute of Science Education and Research|National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)]], [[Jatani]]
*[[Harish-Chandra Research Institute|Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI)]], [[Allahabad|Prayagraj]]
*[[National Board for Higher Mathematics]] ([[NBHM]]), [[Mumbai]]
*[[Atomic Energy Education Society]] ([[AEES]]), [[Mumbai]]
*[[Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai|Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc)]], [[Chennai]]

==See also==
*[[Atomic Energy Commission of India]]
*[[Atomic Energy Regulatory Board]]
*[[Nuclear power in India]]
*[[India and weapons of mass destruction]]

==References==
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{{Energy Ministries and Departments of India}}
{{Nuclear power in India}}
{{Union ministries of India}}
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