C. N. R. Rao
30 June 1934 – present
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao is an Indian chemist whose research centres on solid-state and structural chemistry, including transition metal oxides and nanomaterials. He taught at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and the Indian Institute of Science, where he later served as director, and founded the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. He has advised successive Indian governments on science policy and received the Bharat Ratna in 2014.
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Life events
He completed the degree at the age of seventeen.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed his PhD in chemistry in the United States in under three years.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe helped build the institute's chemistry department before returning to Bangalore.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe Bangalore research institute was established with Rao as its founding president.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe became the third scientist to receive India's highest civilian honour.
Source: en.wikipedia.org