Animesh Chakravorty

Animesh Chakraborty
Born (1935-06-30) 30 June 1935 (age 86)
NationalityIndian
Alma materCalcutta University (BSc, MSc, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsCoordination complex,
InstitutionsIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science
University of Calcutta

Animesh Chakravorty FNA, FASc (born 30 June 1935) is a Bengali Indian academic and a professor of chemistry. In 1975, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in chemistry by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Early life and education

After his graduation from the Scottish Church College, he did his post-graduation and doctorate in chemistry from the renowned Rajabazar Science College campus of University of Calcutta.

Career

He had started as a research associate at the MIT and Harvard. He had also served as professor and head of the department of chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and as professor and head of the department of inorganic chemistry at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science at the University of Calcutta, and as a visiting professor at the Texas A&M University. He was also the Hindustan Lever Research Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. He had guided fifty eight PhD's and numerous postdoctoral associates, many of the former students have become well known personalities and are doing outstanding work in academic and industrial organizations in India and abroad.

Prizes and honours


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