Indian Scientist Professor C.N.R Rao receives the Prestigious Hoffmann Medal | the Highest International Honour in Chemistry

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Professor C.N.R. Rao has become the first Indian Scientist to receive the prestigious August-Wilhelm-von-Hoffmann medal for his outstanding contributions in Chemistry by the German Chemical Society. This is the highest international medal in Chemistry awarded once in two or three years. This award earlier has been given to Nobel laureates and leaders in Chemical research. The medal will be presented to Prof. Rao in the European Chemical Congress in Nurnberg on August 29, 2010.

More About Prof. C.N.R Roa
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Rao is one of the world's foremost solid state and materials chemists. He has contributed to the development of the field over five decades.His work on transition metal oxides has led to basic understanding of novel phenomena and the relationship between materials properties and the structural chemistry of these materials.


Rao was one of the earliest to synthesize two-dimensional oxide materials such as La2CuO4. His work has led to a systematic study of compositionally controlled metal-insulator transitions. Such studies have had a profound impact in application fields. Oxide semiconductors have unusual promise. He has made immense contributions to nanomaterials over the last two decades, besides his work on hybrid materials. He is the author of around 1500 research papers. He has authored and edited 42 books.

He was awarded the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society in 2000, and he became the first recipient of the India Science Award, instituted by the Government of India, for his contributions to solid state chemistry and materials science, awarded in 2004.

He has won several international prizes and is a member of many of the world's scientific associations, including the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Society (London; FRS, 1982), French Academy, Japanese Academy and the Pontifical Academy.

He was awarded Dan David Prize in 2005, by the Dan David Foundation, Tel Aviv University, which he shared with George Whitesides and Robert Langer. In 2005, he was conferred the title Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by France, awarded by the French Government. He had also been given the honours Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Indian Government and Karnataka Ratna by the Karnataka state government. He is a foreign fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Rao is presently working as chairman of Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.

Indi Proff Congratulates this great Proff of Chemistry for achieving the highest medallian in Chemistry

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