​India, with the help of the United States, ventures to build the world’s first Thorium Accelerator Driven System, the IADS. Dr Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India called this a mega science project, a "necessity" for humankind. The IADS is only one out of three different Thorium reactors the country is developing, all aimed at making use of the immense indigenous energy resource the country has available in Thorium.