!!!C.N.R. Rao \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='rao_cnr_small.jpg' alt='C.N.R. Rao' height='220'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ *Linus Pauling Research Professor & Honorary President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India *2004 - present Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University *1995 - 1999 Albert Einstein Research Professor *1989 - 1999 President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research *1984 - 1994 Director, Indian Institute of Science *1977 - 1984Founder Chairman, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit and Materials Research Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science *1983 - 1994 Jawaharlal Nehru Professor, University of Cambridge and Professorial Fellow, King's College, Cambridge *1963 - 1976 Professor of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (Head of Department and later Dean of Research of the Institute) \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *1967 Marlow Medal for outstanding contributions to Physical Chemistry, Faraday Society, England (1967) *1976 Centennial Foreign Fellowship of the American Chemical Society *1981 The Royal Society of Chemistry (London) Medal for outstanding contributions to Solid State Chemistry *1989 Hevrovsky Gold Medal, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences *1989 Honorary Fellowship, The Royal Society of Chemistry, London *1991 Balackett Lectureship, The Royal Society, London *1996 Albert Einstein Gold Medal, UNESCO, Paris *2000 Centenary Lectureship and Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, London *2000 Hughes Medal for Physical Sciences, The Royal Society, London *2002 Officier de L'Ordre des Palmes Academiques, France *2002 Order of Scientific Merit, Grand-Cross, President of Brazil *2003 Gauss Professorship, The Academy of Sciences, Gottingen, Germany *2004 Somiya Award of the International Union of Materials Research Society (IUMRS) *2005 The Dan David Prize for Science in the Future Dimension in the field of materials science *2005 Chemical Pioneer, American Institute of Chemists, USA *2005 Chevalier de La Légion D'Honneur by the President of the French Republic *2006 Honorary Fellowship, Institute of Physics, London *2007 Honorary Fellowship, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford *2008 Nikkei Asia Prize for Science, Technology and Innovation from Japan *2009 Order of Friendship, by the President of Russia *2009 The Royal Medal (The Queen's Medal), by the Royal Society, London, U.K \\ \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Rao_C.N.R./CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Rao_C.N.R./Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Rao_C.N.R./Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Rao_C.N.R./OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit crao}] [{ALLOW upload crao}] [{ALLOW comment All}]