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Professor C.N.R. Rao FRS
Professor C.N.R. Rao FRS

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Professor C.N.R. Rao FRS
Bangalore, India
www.jncasr.ac.in/cnrrao/

Biography

He received the M.Sc. from Banaras, Ph.D. from Purdue, D.Sc. from Mysore Universities
Among the various medals, honours and awards received by him, mention must be made of the Marlow Medal of the Faraday Society (1967), Bhatnagar Prize (1968), Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship (1973), Padma Shri (1974), Sir C.V. Raman Award (1975), Centennial Foreign Fellowship of the American Chemical Society (1976), S.N. Bose Medal of the Indian National Science Academy (1980), Royal Society of Chemistry (London) Medal (1981), Padma Vibhushan (1985), Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London (1989), Hevrovsky Gold Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy (1989), Meghnath Saha Medal of the Indian National Science Academy (1990), Blackett Lectureship of the Royal Society (1991), CSIR Golden Jubilee Prize in physical sciences (1991), TWAS Medal in Chemistry (1995), Einstein Gold Medal of UNESCO (1996), Linnett Professorship of the University of Cambridge (1998), Centenary Lectureship and Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London (2000), the Hughes Medal of the Royal Society, London, for original discovery in physical sciences (2000), Karnataka Ratna (2001) by the Karnataka Government, the Order of Scientific Merit (Grand-Cross) from the President of Brazil (2002), Gauss Professorship of Germany (2003) and the Somiya Award of the International Union of Materials Research (2004). He is the first recipient of the India Science Award by the Government of India (2005) and has received the Dan David Prize for science in the future dimension for his research in Materials Science. He was named as Chemical Pioneer by the American Institute of Chemists (2005) and "Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur" by the President of the French Republic (2005).
Professor Rao is National Research Professor of India, President of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Chairman, Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Member of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and Chairman, Indo-Japan Science Council. Professor Rao was President of the Indian National Science Academy (1985 - 1986), the Indian Academy of Sciences (1989 - 1991), the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (1985 - 1997), the Indian Science Congress Association (1987-88), the Materials Research Society of India (1989 - 1991) and Chairman, Advisory Board of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India). He was the Director of the Indian Institute of Science (1984 - 1994), Chairman of the Science Advisory Council to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (1985 - 1989) and Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Union Cabinet (1997 - 1998) and Albert Einstein Research Professor (1995 - 1999).
140 research papers and 39 books
Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and the Indian Academy of Sciences, Professor Rao is a Fellow of the Royal Society, London; Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.; Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; French Academy of Sciences; Japan Academy as well as the Polish, Czechoslovakian, Serbian, Slovenian, Brazil, Spanish, Korean and African Academies and the American Philosophical Society. He is a Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of Academia Europaea and Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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