Biography & Contributions
C.N.R. Rao (Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao) is born on June 30, 1934 in Bangalore, India.Rao is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry
He is currently the National Research Professor and Linus Pauling Research Professor and Honorary President of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India
Rao mainly worked on transition metal oxides.He synthesized two-dimensional oxide like La2CuO4. Rao has published over 1000 research papers and wrote 35 books
Awards & Prizes
2000, the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society
2004, Indian Science Award
2005, Dan David Prize
2013, China's top science award
Honours
Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) from French Government
Padma Shri from Indian Government
Padma Vibhushan from Indian Government
Karnataka Ratna from Karnataka State Government
2004, He was awarded with Doctor of Science by University of Calcutta
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