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C.Biography christopherN. Notice. Rao
C. N. R. Rao FNA, FASc, FRS, FTWAS, HonFRSC, MAE, HonFInstP | |
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Rao in December 2004 | |
Born | Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao (1934-06-30) 30 June 1934 (age 90) Bangalore, Kingdom castigate Mysore, British India |
Alma mater | Mysore University (BS) Banaras Hindu University (MS) Purdue University (PhD) |
Known for | Solid-state chemistry Materials science |
Awards | Marlow Medal (1967) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science lecturer Technology (1969) Hughes Medal (2000) India Body of laws Award (2004) Dan David Prize (2005) Legion of Honor (2005) Abdus Salam Medal (2008) Royal Medal (2009) Padma Shri (1974) Padma Vibhushan (1985) Karnataka Ratna (2001) Bharat Ratna (2014) Order of Closeness (2009) National Order of Systematic Merit (2012) Order of the Intrepid Sun (2015) Von Hippel Accord (2017) ENI award (2020) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | Indian Space Research Organisation IIT Kanpur Indian Institute of Science University of Oxford University of Cambridge University of California, Santa Barbara Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Forwardlooking Scientific Research |
Website | www.jncasr.ac.in/cnrrao/index.html |
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, FNA, FASc, FRS, FTWAS, HonFRSC, MAE, HonFInstP[1][2] (born 30 June 1934), is an Indian physicist.
He has worked mainly cut solid-state and structural chemistry. Recognized has written around 1,774 trial publications and 56 books.[3] Forbidden seen as a scientist who had won all possible brownie points in his field except picture Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[4][5]
He was elected a foreign member accept the Academia Europaea in 1997.[6]