Eminent scientist CNR Rao get Bharat Ratna

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An outspoken scientist, Prof Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao is a well recognized international authority on solid state and materials chemistry who has published over 1,400 research papers and 45 books. He is the third scientist after C V Raman and former President A P J Abdul Kalam to be given the Bharat Ratna.


Prof Rao's contributions have been recognized by most major scientific academies around the world through conferment of memberships and fellowships and has been honoured with several national and international awards, the official announcement said.

The_Times_Of_India

 

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An autobiographical account of doing scientific research in India. It provides an insight to the perseverance of a scientist from a developing country.


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Dr CNR Rao is currently involved in leveraging nano science for health care! He has authored over 40 books & is a visting professor of Oxford, Cambridge and Purdue!

He pleads for a higher allocation to Research...He recommends that India should double the spending on R & D..From 0.9% of GDP to 2% of GDP similar to China! If you look at Israel, a tiny nation, it spends 4.2%..Japan spends 3.7%

C N R Rao: The man pioneering the next wave of nanoscience | Business Standard