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Contact :
Department of Inorganic Chemistry
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Jadavpur,
Kolkata-700032, India
Phone:+91-33-2472-4436(O)
+91-33-2485-8327(R)
Fax: +91 33 2473 2805
E-mail : icac [ AT ] iacs.res.in
Weblink:
http://www.iacs.res.in/inorg/icac/
Research Interest and Publications :
| Molecular transition metal chemistry : synthesis, structure, variable valence phenomena and associated reactions of coordination, bioinorganic and organometallic compounds. Has published over three hundred original
research papers in major international journals, several review articles and book chapters, and a number of popular articles in English, Bengali and Hindi.
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Fellowships :
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Fellow Indian National Science Academy |
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Fellow Indian Academy of Sciences |
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Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences |
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Honorary Fellow, International Union
of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
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Honorary Fellow, Indian Chemical
Society |
International Editorial Works :
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Member of Editorial Advisory Boards of Inorganica Chimica Acta |
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Dalton Transactions (RSC) |
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Inorganic Chemistry (ACS) |
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Indian Journal of Chemistry |
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Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry, 2nd Edition (10 Volumes,
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Some Other Functions :
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President, Chemical Research Society
of India |
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Elected Bureau Member, International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
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Short Bio Data:
Born June 30, 1935. PhD Calcutta University.
Was Research Associate MIT and Harvard University;
Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur;
Professor and Head of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, IACS;
Visiting Professor Texas A & M University;
Hindustan Lever 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 and abroad.
Married to Aparna. Son, Ananda and daughter, Shohini.
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