Srinivasan Chandrasekaran

Srinivasan Chandrasekaran
Born (1945-11-15) 15 November 1945 (age 78)
Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies on
  • Synthetic Methodologies
  • Synthesis of natural products and Organic Materials
  • Reaction mechanisms
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Doctoral advisor
Doctoral studentsTushar Kanti Chakraborty and S. Bhaskaran

Srinivasan Chandrasekaran (born 1945) is an Indian organic and organometallic chemist, academic and a former chair of the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Division of Chemical Sciences. He was also a former Dean of the Faculty of Science at the Indian Institute of Science. He was known for his research on organic reaction mechanisms and organic synthesis.[1] and was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy,[2] The World Academy of Sciences[3] and the 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 1989, for his contributions to chemical sciences.[5]

  1. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ^ "TWAS fellow". TWAS. 2016.
  4. ^ "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  5. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.