E. S. Raja Gopal

E. S. Raja Gopal
Born(1936-05-12)12 May 1936
Salem, Madras Presidency, British India
Died15 November 2018(2018-11-15) (aged 82)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Alma mater
Known forStudies on rectilinear diameter law, Thermodynamics
Awards
  • 1978 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
  • 1980 ASI Sir C.V. Raman Award
  • 1984 NRDC Inventions Promotions Award
  • 1994 ASI Dr. S Bhagavantam Award
  • 1993 INSA Homi Jehangir Bhabha Medal
  • 2004 BRSI Life Time Achievement Medal
  • 2005 ISOI Annual Award
  • 2008 IISc Distinguished Alumnus Award
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Doctoral advisorR. S. Krishnan
Kurt Mendelssohn

Erode Subramanian Raja Gopal (12 May 1936 – 15 November 2018) was an Indian condensed matter physicist, a former professor at the Indian Institute of Science and a former director of the National Physical Laboratory of India. Known for his research in condensed matter physics, Raja Gopal was an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies – the Indian National Science Academy, the National Academy of Sciences, India, and the Indian Academy of Sciences – as well as a member of the Institute of Physics. He was a former CSIR emeritus scientist, an alumnus of the University of Oxford and the author of three reference texts in condensed matter physics. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to Physical Sciences in 1978.