Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao Memorial Lecture Award

Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao Memorial Lecture Award
Civilian award for contributions to Spectroscopy in Physics
Sponsored byIndian National Science Academy
Reward(s)Rs. 25,000
First awarded1979
Highlights
First winnerProf. R.K.Asundi

Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao Memorial Lecture Award is given for the outstanding contributions in the subject of Spectroscopy in Physics. The award was established by the Indian National Science Academy of Calcutta in the year 1979. The honour is awarded to Indian citizens.

History

The Memorial Lecture Award was established in the year 1979 in the honour of Professor Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao by the students of Prof. K.Rangadhama Rao and Indian National Science Academy, formerly National Institute of Sciences of India, Calcutta. The lecture is awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of Spectroscopy. The award carries an honorarium of Rs. 25,000/- and a citation.

The below lists the recipients of the Memorial Award since its inception in the year 1979.[1]

Recipients

Source: Indian National Science Academy

S.No Name Birth / death Awarded Contribution Indian state or country of origin
1. R. K. Asundi 1895 - 1982 1979 Molecules In Interstellar Space Karnataka
2. K. Narahari Rao 1921 - 2001 1981 High-resolution infrared spectroscopy. He pioneered improvements in wavelength standards and advanced methods of achieving higher resolution Andhra Pradesh
3. Nishtala Appala Narasimham 1922 - 2002 1983 A Search For Organic Molecules In Space : High Resolution Infrared Laser Diode And Radio Frequency Spectroscopic Studies Andhra Pradesh
4. V. G. Bhide 1940 - 2006 1985 Research on solid state physics. Research in Mössbauer spectroscopy and its applications to Materials Science. Nagpur, Maharastra
5. P. T. Manoharan 1987
6. Mihir Chowdhury 1937 - 1989 Work on Two-Photon processes in biomolecules and dynamics of excited state proton transfer. Kolkata, West Bengal
7. V. B. Kartha 1991 Laser Spectroscopy In Atomic And Molecular Physics
8. Anil Kumar 1996 Bangalore, Karnataka
9. Ajay K. Sood 1951 - 2000 Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
10. N. Chandrakumar 2004 Coherence Transformations and their Applications in NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging
11. Dipankar Das Sarma 1955 - 2008 X-ray spectroscopy elucidating the novel physics of strongly correlated systems Kolkata, West Bengal
12. Ajit Chand Kunwar 2011

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Indian National Science Academy Awards

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