Animesh Chakravorty is a chemist

Chemist

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. He was awarded his PhD from Calcutta University and was Research Associate MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 and Harvard

Harvard University

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; Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry

Chemistry

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, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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; Professor and Head of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds. This field covers all chemical compounds except the myriad organic compounds , which are the subjects of organic chemistry...

, IACS; Visiting Professor Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

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; Hindustan Lever

Hindustan Lever Limited

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 Research Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. 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

India

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 and abroad.

Prizes and Honours

• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology.
• Third World Academy of Sciences
  Third World Academy of Sciences
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   Prize.
• Honorary doctorate
  Honorary degree
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  , DSc honoris causa (Burdwan University).
• INSA
  Indian National Science Academy
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   Golden Jubilee Research Professorship.
• Nehru Chair, University of Hyderabad
  University of Hyderabad
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• Gold Medal, Chemical Research Society of India .
• Gold Medal, Indian Chemical Society.
• T. R. Sheshadri Commemoration Medal(INSA), Acharya J. C. Ghosh Medal(ICS), R. C. Mehrotra Commemoration Medal(ISCA).

Lecture Awards

Numerous lecture awards including Ajit Memorial Lecture(IACS), Baba Kartar Singh Lecture(Punjab University), CV Raman Lectures(DAE), National Lectures(UGC), Platinum Jubilee Lecture(ISCA), Sahasrabudhey Lectures(Nagpur University), RK Barua and Golden Jubilee Lectures(Gauhati University), AVRR Foundation Lecture(JNCASR), Foundation Day Lectures(IICT and CLRI), Distinguished Lecture Series(IITK) etc. Many plenary lectures and addresses abroad.

Fellowships

• Fellow Indian National Science Academy.
• Fellow Indian Academy of Sciences.
• Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences.
• Honorary Fellow, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
• Honorary Fellow, Indian Chemical Society.

International Editorial Works

Member of Editorial Advisory Boards of Inorganica Chimica Acta, Dalton Transactions (RSC), Inorganic Chemistry (ACS), Indian Journal of Chemistry, Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry, 2nd Edition (10 Volumes, Elsevier), etc.

Some Other Functions

President, Chemical Research Society of India. Elected Bureau Member, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

External links

• Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS)