Animesh Chakravorty
Animesh Chakraborty (born June 30, 1935) is aBengali Indian
academic and a professor of chemistry. In1975, he was awarded the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizefor Science and Technology in
chemistry by the Councilof Scientic and Industrial Research.[1]
1 Early life and educationAfter his graduation from the Scottish
Church College,he did his post-graduation from the University of
Cal-cutta.[2] He had subsequently earned a doctorate in chem-istry
from the University of Calcutta.
2 CareerHe had started as a research associate at the MIT
andHarvard. He had also served as professor and head of
thedepartment of chemistry at the Indian Institute of Tech-nology
Kanpur, and as professor and head of the depart-ment of inorganic
chemistry at the Indian Association forthe Cultivation of Science
at the University of Calcutta,and as a visiting professor at the
Texas A&M University.He was also the Hindustan Lever Research
Professor atthe Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientic
Re-search. He had guided fty eight PhDs and numerouspostdoctoral
associates, many of the former students havebecome well known
personalities and are doing outstand-ing work in academic and
industrial organizations in Indiaand abroad.
3 Prizes and honours Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science
andTechnology.
Third World Academy of Sciences Prize. Honorary doctorate, DSc
honoris causa, Universityof Burdwan.
INSA Golden Jubilee Research Professorship. Nehru Chair,
University of Hyderabad. Gold Medal, Chemical Research Society of
India . Gold Medal, Indian Chemical Society.
T. R. Sheshadri Commemoration Medal(INSA),Acharya J. C. Ghosh
Medal(ICS), R. C. MehrotraCommemoration Medal(ISCA).
4 Lecture awards Ajit Memorial Lecture, Indian Association for
theCultivation of Science
Baba Kartar Singh Lecture, Punjab University CVRaman Lectures,
Department of Atomic Energy National Lectures, University Grants
Commission Platinum Jubilee Lecture, Indian Science
CongressAssociation
Sahasrabudhey Lectures, Nagpur University RK Barua and Golden
Jubilee Lectures, GauhatiUniversity
AVRR Foundation Lecture, Jawaharlal Nehru Cen-tre for Advanced
Scientic Research
Foundation Day Lectures, IICT and CLRI Distinguished Lecture
Series, Indian Institute ofTechnology Kanpur.
5 Fellowships Fellow Indian National Science Academy. Fellow
Indian Academy of Sciences. Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences.
Honorary Fellow, International Union of Pure andApplied
Chemistry.
Honorary Fellow, Indian Chemical Society.
6 International editorial worksHe has been a member of the
editorial advisory boardsof Inorganica Chemica Acta, Dalton
Transactions (RSC),Inorganic Chemistry (ACS), Indian Journal of
Chemistry,Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry, 2nd Edition
(10Volumes, Elsevier), etc.
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