Ram Charan Mehrotra

Ram Charan Mehrotra
Born(1922-02-16)16 February 1922
Kanpur, United Provinces, British India
Died11 July 2004(2004-07-11) (aged 82)
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies on chemical theory of indicators and organometallic derivatives
Awards
  • 1949 Allahabad University E. G. Hill Memorial Prize
  • 1965 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
  • 1975 FICCI Award
  • 1976 INSA Professor T. R. Seshadri Seventieth Birthday Commemoration Medal
  • 1977 ICS P. C. Ray Award
  • 1984 ISM Golden Jubilee Medal
  • 1986 ICS J. C. Ghosh Medal
  • 1987 Sōka University Academic Achievements Award
  • 1988 ISCA Platinum Jubilee Distinguished Service Award
  • 1990 Central Institute of Hindi Atma Ram Award
  • 1991 ISCA G. P. Chatterjee Award
  • 1992 ISCA Acharya Narendra Dev Award
  • 1993 ISCA Ashutosh Mukherjee Award
  • 1999 CRSI Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2000 ICS Platinum Jubilee Award
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Ram Charan Mehrotra (16 February 1922 – 11 July 2004) was an Indian analytical and organometallic chemist, academic, educationist and the vice chancellor of the Universities of Delhi and Allahabad.[1] He was known for his studies on the chemical theory of indicators, alkoxides and carboxylates of many elements.[2] He was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Indian Chemical Society, Chemical Society of London, Royal Institute of Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences, India[3] and Indian Academy of Sciences.[4] 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, in 1965, for his contributions to chemical sciences.[5]

  1. ^ "Deceased fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Deceased Honorary Fellows, Foreign Fellows and Fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  5. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.