C. N. R. Rao

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Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao (born 30 June 1934) is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. He has honorary doctorates from 88 universities from around the world and has authored over 1,800 research publications and 58 books. He is described as a scientist who had won all possible awards in his field except the Nobel Prize. Rao completed his BSc from Mysore University at age seventeen, and his MSc from Banaras Hindu University at age nineteen. He earned a PhD from Purdue University at the age of twenty-four. He was the youngest lecturer when he joined the Indian Institute of Science in 1959. After transferring to the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, he returned to IISc, eventually becoming its director from 1984 to 1994. He was chair of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India from 1985 to 1989 and from 2005 to 2014. He founded and works in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and International...

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