Animesh Chakravorty

T. R. Sheshadri Commemoration Medal(INSA),

Acharya J. C. Ghosh Medal(ICS), R. C. Mehrotra
Commemoration Medal(ISCA).

Animesh Chakraborty (born June 30, 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 Scientic and Industrial Research.[1]

4 Lecture awards
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Early life and education

Ajit Memorial Lecture, Indian Association for the

Cultivation of Science

After his graduation from the Scottish Church College,

he did his post-graduation from the University of Calcutta.[2] He had subsequently earned a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Calcutta.

Baba Kartar Singh Lecture, Punjab University

CV Raman Lectures, Department of Atomic Energy
National Lectures, University Grants Commission
Platinum Jubilee Lecture, Indian Science Congress
Association

Career

Sahasrabudhey Lectures, Nagpur University

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 Scientic Research. He had guided fty eight PhDs 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.

RK Barua and Golden Jubilee Lectures, Gauhati

University
AVRR Foundation Lecture, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientic Research
Foundation Day Lectures, IICT and CLRI
Distinguished Lecture Series, Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur.

5 Fellowships
Fellow Indian National Science Academy.

Fellow Indian Academy of Sciences.

Prizes and honours

Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and
Technology.

Honorary Fellow, International Union of Pure and

Applied Chemistry.

Third World Academy of Sciences Prize.

Honorary Fellow, Indian Chemical Society.

Honorary doctorate, DSc honoris causa, University

of Burdwan.

6 International editorial works

INSA Golden Jubilee Research Professorship.

He has been a member of the editorial advisory boards

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

Nehru Chair, University of Hyderabad.

Gold Medal, Chemical Research Society of India .
Gold Medal, Indian Chemical Society.
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Some other functions

He has also served as a past president of the Chemical Research Society of India, and as an elected bureau member
of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

References

[1] Rao, C N R (2010-06-01). Climbing the Limitless Ladder:

A Life in Chemistry. World Scientic. pp. 58. ISBN
978-981-4307-86-4. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
[2] Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year
Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April
2008. page 584

External links
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
(IACS)

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