43rd IUPAC Council Meeting
Nominee for Vice President
and Member of the Bureau
Srinivasan
Chandrasekaran (India)
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Srinivasan Chandrasekaran
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Professor Chandrasekaran’s research has been concerned with the
development of new synthetic methodology for organic synthesis, synthesis
of natural products, organometallic chemistry, catalysis, study of reaction
mechanisms, and organic materials.
Education and Career
Chandrasekaran earned his B.S. (1965), M.S. (1967), and Ph.D. (1972)
degrees at Madras University in Madras, India. His doctoral supervisor
was Prof. S. Swaminathan in the Department of Organic Chemistry. He
held postdoctoral fellowships/associateships in the laboratories of
Prof. E.J. Corey at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (1973–1975
and 1976–1977) and Dr. J.A. Edwards at Syntex Research, Palo Alto,
CA, USA (1975–1976).
He is currently the chairman, Division of Chemical Sciences and professor,
Organic Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
He was earlier the chairman of the Department of Organic Chemistry (1996–2003)
and Amrut Mody Chair Professor of Chemistry. From 1978 to 1989, he worked
in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur, India, where he served as lecturer (1978–1980), assistant
professor (1981-1985), and professor (1985–1989). He has been a
visiting professor at the Australian National University, Canberra (1985);
University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1987); RWTH, Aachen, Germany (1992,
1996); University Paris Sud, France (1998, 2001), and Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing (2001).
Chandrasekaran has published over 170 research papers in national and
international journals. Over the years he has supervised 26 Ph.D students,
60 M.S. students and 40 postdoctoral fellows. He is a consultant to
a number of chemical and pharmaceutical industries in India and abroad.
IUPAC Involvement
Chandrasekaran has been an elected member of the IUPAC Bureau since
2002 and has been a member of the Project Committee. He also served
on the IUPAC Commission on Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (1993–1995)
and is currently on India’s IUPAC National Committee.
Related Professional Activities
Chandrasekaran has been a member of many committees and organizations:
associate editor, Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Chemical
Sciences, 1991–2000); member, Sectional Committee, Chemistry, Indian
Academy of Sciences (1991–1998); editor, 10th International Conference
on Organic Synthesis, Bangalore (1994); member, Editorial Board, Indian
Journal of Chemistry (1995–2001); member, Program Advisory Committee
in Organic Chemistry, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi
(1995–2001); member, Research Committee on Chemistry and Technology,
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India (CSIR,
1995–2001); member, Council of Indian National Science Academy
(1998–2000); convener, National Symposium in Chemistry, Bangalore
(1999); member, Task Force on Green Chemistry, Govt. of India; secretary,
Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore; vice president, Chemical Research
Society of India. He also serves as a member on the Research Councils
of a number of CSIR laboratories and leading academic institutions in
India. He has also served as a member on the Board of Studies of a number
of universities in India. Chandrasekaran has delivered more than 180
invited lectures and seminars at various national and international
meetings, universities, and research institutions in India and overseas.
Awards
Chandrasekaran received the Basudev Banerji Medal and Prize from the
Indian Chemical Society in 1988 and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
from CSIR in 1989. He was Prof. A.B. Kulkarni Endowment Lecturer at
the University of Bombay in 1992; Prof. N. Venkatsubramanian Endowment
Lecturer at the University of Madras in 1993; Prof. T.R. Seshadri Memorial
Lecturer at Delhi University in 1998; Prof. Siddappa 60th Birthday Commemoration
Lecturer at Dharward University in 1999; Professor O.P. Vig Endowment
Lecturer, Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2000, Jawaharlal Nehru Birth
Centenary Lecturer of the Indian National Science Academy in 2001; 125
Years-Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata—Commemoration
Lecturer in 2002 ; and Prof. Sukh Dev Endowment Lecturer, Pune University,
in 2004. He received the Silver Medal of the Chemical Research Society
of India (2002), Medal of the Material Research Society of India (2004),
and the Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Science (2004). Chandrasekaran
was appointed research fellow of the Indian National Science Academy
(1985–1987); fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1989); and
fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (1992); honorary professor
of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
(2000–present); and fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences,
Trieste, Italy (2000).
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