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Rao is an eminent scientist and a well recognised international authority on solid state and materials chemistry. * He is currently the Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. * He has published over 1,400 research papers and 45 books. * Rao’s contributions to solid state and materials chemistry have been recognized by most major scientific academies around the world through conferment of memberships and fellowships. * He has been honoured with several national and international awards. * Rao was awarded Hughes Medal by the Royal Society in 2000, and he was first recipient of the India Science Award in 2004. * Some of the major areas of his research are transition metal oxide systems, (new synthesis and novel structures, metal-insulator transitions, CMR materials, superconductivity, multiferroics etc), hybrid materials and nanomaterials including nanotubes and graphene
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao
C.N.R. Rao was born in Bangalore :proud: of father Hanumantha Nagesa Rao, and mother Nagamma Nagesa Rao. He obtained his bachelors degree from Mysore University in 1951, obtaining a masters from BHU two years later, and obtained his Ph.D. in 1958 from Purdue University. In 1961 he received DSc from Mysore University. He joined the faculty of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1963.[3]
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).
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Unhappy with scientific funding, CNR Rao calls politicians ‘idiots’ Bharat Ratna awardee and eminent scientist CNR Rao on Sunday in a fit of rage called politicians idiots for giving inadequate funding to the scientific community. “Why the hell these idiots, these politicians have given so little for us. Despite that, we scientists have done something,” Rao said, losing his cool at a press conference. Rao, who is the chairman of Prime Minister’s Scientific Advisory Council, stressed on the need for providing more resources for research a day after the Bharat Ratna award was announced. “For the money that government has given to scientific sector, we have done much more,” he said when a reporter asked what he felt about the standard of the scientific research in the country. “Our investments are marginal, come late.... for that money we have got, we have performed. For the money we have been getting it is not bad at all, after all this kind of money is nothing.” Asked about progress China was making, the scientist said that, “We also have to take blame on ourselves. Indians, we don't work hard, we are not like Chinese. We are easygoing and we are not as much nationalists... If we get some more money we are ready to go abroad.” http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/unhappy-with-scientific-funding-cnr-rao-calls-politicians-idiots/article1-1152411.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :hysterical::hysterical:Love him ...till yesterday I had not heard of him and today I love him.

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Unhappy with scientific funding' date= CNR Rao calls politicians ‘idiots’
Just wait till the reporters ask him about sachin. :haha: Until now they have targetted the UN, vishy anand, next in line is this fellow
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Just wait till the reporters ask him about sachin. :haha: Until now they have targetted the UN' date=' vishy anand, next in line is this fellow[/quote'] Wait till they ask them about Modi :winky:
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