Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology

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Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology
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BRIT
Agency overview
Formed 1 March 1989; 36 years ago (1989-03-01)
Jurisdiction Indian government
Headquarters Navi Mumbai
Employees Classified
Agency executive
  • G. Ganesh, Chief Executive
Website Official Website

Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology in short known as "BRIT" is a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy[1] with its headquarters in Navi Mumbai, India.[2] It is involved in production, development, and supply of radioisotope based products and provision of isotope applications, radiation processing, radioanalytical services etc. It has regional centres at Rawatbhatta-Kota in Rajasthan,Bengaluru in Karnataka, Delhi, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, Kolkata in West Bengal and Dirugarh in Assam. It has about 500 employees.[3]

BRIT previously operated under the aegis of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre before being made into a separate entity as of March 1989.[4] However BRIT's name remains synonymous with BARC, as strong ties continue to exist between the two organisations, including collaborations on a variety of projects, sharing of office campuses, etc.

It produces and supply a variety of radioisotope products including radioisotope generators, sealed radiation sources, radiochemicals, labelled compounds of carbon-14, tritium and sulphur-35 and nucleotides labelled with phosphorus-32, radiopharmaceuticals and RIA kits, gamma radiography equipment and gamma laboratory irradiator systems to users in the country and abroad. Range of sealed radiation sources include Co-60 irradiator and radiography sources, Ir-192 radiography sources and brachytherapy sources. BRIT also manufactures self-luminescent tritium filled sources.[5] The organisation also develops radiation-based medical equipment to treat cancer.[6]

BRIT operates three radiation facilities, one of them a food irradiation facility in Vashi and another a "Krushak" (Krishi Utpadan Sanrakshan Kendra) radiation processing plant at Nashik.[7][4]

G. Ganesh is BRIT's Chief Executive officer since 1 August 2015, succeeding Anil Kumar Kohli (2006-2015).[8]

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