Kamal Verma is currently Chief Nuclear Engineer with Laurentis Energy Partners/Canadian Nuclear Partners SA (subsidiaries of Ontario Power Generation) and Executive Advisor providing engineering expertise for the medical isotopes production, preparation of PSAR DIRs for the Polish GEH BWRX 300 MWe SMR, and preparation of strategies for addressing obsolescence issues for Cernavoda 1 & 2. He has also provided technical conculting services for Cernavoda Units 3&4. Prior to this, he was Vice President – CANDU 6 Fleet Engineering with Candu Energy Inc., a division of AtkinsRealis (formerly SNC-Lavalin) Nuclear responsible for providing engineering solutions to improve operational reliability, safety and performance of CANDU 6 NPPs. He has a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from Punjab University (India) and a master’degree in mechanical engineering from Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Ontario and New Brunswick. He is the past President of the Canadian Nuclear Society (2021-2022) and is the past President (2018-2020) of the Pacific Nuclear Council (PNC). He has over forty five years of experience having previously worked with Ebasco Services, Canatom Inc., Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd and Candu Energy. With these organizations, he has held positions of increasing responsibilities in design engineering, construction technical support, systems/components engineering, project management, resident engineering, commissioning and operations/maintenance technical support to CANDU 6 and other NPPs worldwide. His experience also covers planning and preparation phases and strategies for retubing/refurbishment of CANDU 6 nuclear power plants in Canada, China, Romania, and Argentina. More than thirty years of his experience involve being part of the CANDU 6 Nuclear Power Plants site organizations in Canada (Point Lepreau), China (Qinshan) and Romania (Cernavoda) in senior management and senior technical advisory positions to improve plants safety, reliability, productivity and efficiency. He is a strong advocate of the use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes and is very much willing to outreach the general public to promote benefits of nuclear power including its contribution to address climate change concerns due to Greenhouse Gas Emmissions, as well as providing health benefits through medical isotopes as well as dignostic imaging to improve overall health of mankind.