Bharat Ratna for Prof CNR Rao, Honorary Life Fellow of IEI

摘要

Prof CNR Rao, Honorary Life Fellow of IEI and Renowned Scientist and Head, Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, is to be awarded the highest Civilian Award — Bharat Ratna, a crowning glory of his inexorable list of outstanding achievements. Prof Rao, born on June 30,1934, obtained his M.Sc. (Banaras) in 1953; Ph.D. (Purdue) 1958 and D.Sc. (Mysore) in 1960. He received honorary doctorates from fifty-one Universities of National and International repute. Prof Rao, an international authority on solid state and materials chemistry, has authored about 45 books and 1500 research papers in his career spanning over five decades.