Key facts
- Born
- 30 June 1934, Bengaluru
- State of birth
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Sector
- Science & space
- Profession
- Indian chemist
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao 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.
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Timeline
- 1934Born in Bengaluru
- 1967Awarded the Marlow Award
- 1968Awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
- 1983Awarded the honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-I
- 1997Awarded the H K Firodia awards
- 2000Awarded the Hughes Medal
- 2000Awarded the Centenary Prize
- 2000Awarded the honorary doctor of Caen University
- 2001Awarded the Associate Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
- 2004Awarded the India Science Award
- 2005Awarded the Dan David Prize
- 2008Awarded the Abdus Salam Medal
- 2009Awarded the Royal Medal
- 2010Awarded the August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal
- 2012Awarded the honorary doctorate from Joseph Fourier University
- 2015Awarded the Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science
- 2017Awarded the Von Hippel Award
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