T. R. Govindachari

T. R. Govindachari
Born(1915-07-30)30 July 1915
Madras, Madras Presidency, British India
(now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died28 December 2001(2001-12-28) (aged 86)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies on the synthesis of isoquinolines and phenanthridines
FatherT. G. Raghavachari
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Doctoral advisor
Doctoral studentsKuppuswamy Nagarajan

Tuticorin Raghavachari Govindachari FNA, FASc (1915–2001), popularly known as TRG, was an Indian natural product chemist, academic, institution builder and the principal of Presidency College, Chennai.[1] He was known for his studies on the synthesis of isoquinolines and phenanthridines and his contributions in elucidating the structure of several plant constituents.[2] He was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences[3] and the Indian National Science Academy[4] and was the nominator of Robert Burns Woodward who won the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[5] 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 1960, for his contributions to chemical sciences, making him the first recipient of the award in the chemical sciences category.[6]

  1. ^ Nagarajan, K. (2005). "A Tribute to Prof. T. Govindachari". Arkivoc. 2001 (8). Archive for Organic Chemistry: 1–8. doi:10.3998/ark.5550190.0002.801. hdl:2027/spo.5550190.0002.801. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Deceased fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Nomination Database". Nobel Media AB. 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.