Tushar Kanti Chakraborty

Tushar Kanti Chakraborty
Born (1957-04-10) 10 April 1957 (age 67)
West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forSynthesis of unnatural amino acids, cyclic peptides and biologically active natural products
Awards
  • 1991 CSIR Young Scientist Award
  • 1991 A. P. Akademi of Sciences Young Scientist Award
  • 1999 ICS Dr. Basudev Banerjee Memorial Award
  • 2002 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
  • 2002 CRSI Bronze Medal
  • 2005 Andhra Pradesh Scientist Award
  • 2005 Innocentive Champion
  • 2006 NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award
  • 2009 Jawaharlal Nehru National Award
Scientific career
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Institutions
Doctoral advisor

Tushar Kanti Chakraborty (born 1957) is an Indian organic chemist and former professor at the Indian Institute of Science.[1] He has served as a director of the Central Drug Research Institute and as a chief scientist at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology.[2] He is known for the discovery of novel macrocyclic systems.[3] He is an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy[4] National Academy of Sciences, India[5] and the Indian Academy of Sciences.[6] 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 2002, for his contributions to chemical sciences.[7]

  1. ^ "Tushar Kanti Chakraborty". Indian Institute of Science. 2016. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Faculty profile". Indian Institute of Science. 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Indian Fellow Detail / Dr TK Chakraborty". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. ^ "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016.
  6. ^ "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.