ಭಾರತ ರತ್ನ ಶ್ರಿ ಚಿಂತಾಮಣಿ ನಾಗೇಶ ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ರಾವ್

ಭಾರತ ರತ್ನ ಶ್ರಿ ಚಿಂತಾಮಣಿ ನಾಗೇಶ ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ರಾವ್

ಚಿಂತಾಮಣಿ ನಾಗೇಶ ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ರಾವ್

Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, also known as C.N.R. Rao is a research scholar who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. He currently serves as the Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. Dr. Rao has Honorary Doctorates from 60 Universities worldwide. He has authored around 1,500 research papers and 45 scientific books.On 16th November 2013, The Government of India decided to confer upon him Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India making him the third Scientist after C.V.Raman and A P J Abdul Kalam to get the award.

Important academic positions:

1.   Professor of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (Head of Department and later Dean of Research of the Institute) (1963-76).

2.   Visiting Professor, Purdue University, 1967-68; 1982 (in part).

3.   Commonwealth Visiting Professor, University of Oxford and Fellow, St. Catherine's College, Oxford (1974-75). 

4.   Distinguished Visiting Professor, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia. 

5.   Jawaharlal Nehru Professor, University of Cambridge and Professorial Fellow, King's College, Cambridge (1983-84).

6.   Founder Chairman, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit and Materials Research Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science (1977-84).

7.   Director, Indian Institute of Science (1984-94).

8.   Visiting Professor, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France (1990).

9.   Honorary Professor, University of Wales, Cardiff (1993-1997).

10.                     President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (1989-99).

11.                     Albert Einstein Research Professor (1995-1999).

12.                     Honorary Professor, Indian Institute of Science (1994-    ).

13.                     Visiting Professor, University of Southampton (2007-2010).

14.                     Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University (2004-      ).

15.                     Distinguished Visiting Professor of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (1995-      ).

16.                     Distinguished Research Fellow, University of Cambridge (2007 -        ).

17.                     Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley (2008 -      ).

Degrees, Fellowships and Memberships of Science Academies
       

M.Sc. (Banaras) 1953, D.Sc. (Mysore) 1960, Ph.D. (Purdue) 1958.

Honorary Doctorates from 60 Universities:

Foreign Universities: D.Sc. (honoris causa) St. Andrews, Bordeaux, Caen, Colorado, Khartoum, Liverpool, Northwestern, Novosibirsk, Oxford, Purdue, Stellenbosch, Université Joseph Fourier, Wales, Wroclaw and RAS (SB); Sc.D (honoris causa) Notre Dame; Fil. Dr. (honoris causa) Upp

Indian Universities: D.Sc. (honoris causa) Aligarh, Anna, Andhra, Banaras, Bengal Engineering, Bangalore, Burdwan, Bundelkhand, Delhi, Hyderabad, IGNOU Universities, IISER (Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali & Pune), IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological, Kalyani, Karnataka, Kerala, Kolkata, Kuvempu, Lucknow, Mangalore, Manipur, Mysore, Osmania, Panjab, Roorkee, Sikkim Manipal, SRM, Tumkur, Uttar Pradesh Technological, Sri Venkateswara, Vidyasagar, Visveswaraya Technological Universities, LL.D (honoris Causa) SV University; D.Litt. (KSOU); Nadoja (Hampi); Desikottama (Vishva-Bharathi).

Fellowships of Academies:

Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences.

Fellow, Indian National Science Academy.

Fellow, The Royal Society, London.

Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA.

Honorary Foreign Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Member, Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Foreign Member, American Philosophical Society.

Founding Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences.

Foreign Member, Soviet (now Russian) Academy of Sciences.

Foreign Member, Polish Academy of Sciences.

Foreign Member, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.

Foreign Member, Slovenian Academy of Sciences, Ljubljana.

Foreign Member, Serbian Academy of Arts & Sciences, Yugoslavia.

Honorary Foreign Member, Korean Academy of Science & Technology.

Foreign Member, Academia Europaea.

Titular Member, European Academy of Arts, Sciences & Humanities.

Corresponding Member, Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Honorary Member, Japan Academy.

Foreign Member, Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences.

Foreign Member, French Academy of Sciences.

Honorary Member, African Academy of Sciences.

Honorary Member, Caribbean Academy of Sciences.

Foreign Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada.

Foreign Member, Argentina Academy of Sciences

Foreign Member, Mangolian Academy of Sciences

Important positions in National and International Bodies:

Chairman, Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (2004 - ).

Chairman, Vision Group on Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka.

Immediate Past President, The Academy of Sciences for the developing world (TWAS), Trieste.

Chairman, National Nano Initiative, Government of India.

Member, Atomic Energy Commission of India.

Member, Executive Board, Science Institutes Group, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton.

Founder President, Chemical Research Society of India.

Founder President, Materials Research Society of India.

Chairman, Indo-Brazil Science Council.

Chairman, Indo-Russia Long-term Programme in Science & Technology.

Member, Council of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.

International Adviser of the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) of Japan.

Vice-President, International Organization of Chemistry for Development.

Important positions in various bodies held in the past:

Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Union Cabinet.

Chairman, Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (1985-89).

Chancellor, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong.

President, International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Chancellor, Assam University.

Member, Executive Board, International Council of Science (ICSU)

Chairman, Indo-Japan Science Council.

President, Indian National Science Academy.

President, Indian Academy of Sciences.

President, Indian Science Congress.

Chairman, Advisory Board, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India).

Member, University Grants Commission, India.

Member, Planning Commission, Government of India.

Chairman, IUPAC Commission on Spectroscopy and Molecular Structure and also of the IUPAC Committee on Teaching of Chemistry.

Chairman, Chemical Research Committee, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Chairman, Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Committee, Department of Atomic Energy.

Member, Board of Directors, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited.

Chairman (Honorary), Board of Directors, Hindustan Insecticides Limited (a Public sector undertaking).

Member, National Committee on Science & Technology and later Science Advisory Committee to the Cabinet.

Member, Science and Engineering Research Council, Government of India.

Member, Executive Committee, Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU).

Director, Reserve Bank of India.

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Council of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER).