Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research

Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD)

Type	Exploration and Research
Established	1948
Address	Begumpet, Hyderabad-500 016 India , Hyderabad, Telangana , India
Website	http://www.amd.gov.in

Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), with headquarters at 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 organization 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. 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 organization. Professor D.N. Wadia, FRS, a doyen among Indian geologists guided the organization from its inception to 1970 as Geological Adviser to Government of India.

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), Meghalaya; Lambapur - Chitrial, Telangana; Tummalapalle, Andhra Pradesh; Gogi, Karnataka and Rohail, Rajasthan. AMD also has established vast resources of thorium in the coastal tracts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.

Organization

Apart from the headquarters, centralized laboratories and specialized groups at Hyderabad, AMD has seven regional centers 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.

External links

• AMD Home