Chemistry International
Vol. 21, No. 4
July 1999
40th
IUPAC Council Meeting
Free University, Berlin, Germany, 13-14 August 1999
Election
of Officers and Bureau Members: Secretary-General
President
Vice President
Past-President
Secretary General
TreasurerVacancy
BureauFour Vacancies (Minimum)
..Prof. S. Chandrasekaran
..Prof. Pavel Kratochvil
..Prof. G. Jeffrey Leigh
.. Prof. Nicole J. Moreau
..Prof. Oleg M. Nefedov
..Prof. Hitoshi Ohtaki
..Prof. Gerhard M. Schneider
..Prof. Pieter S. Steyn
Prof. S. Chandrasekaran (India)
Prof. S. Chandrasekaran |
Prof. S. Chandrasekaran was born on 15 November 1941. Education
and Career: Prof. Chandrasekaran earned his B.Sc. (1965), M.Sc. (I rank,
1967), and Ph.D. (1972) degrees at Madras University in Madras, India.
His doctoral supervisor was Prof. S. Swaminathan in the Department of
Chemistry. He held postdoctoral fellowships/associateships in the laboratories
of Prof. E. J. Corey at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (1973-75
and 1976-77) and Dr. J. A. Edwards at Syntex Research, Palo Alto, CA,
USA (1975-76). From 1978 to 1989, he worked in the department of chemistry
at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, where he served
as Lecturer (1978-80), Assistant Professsor (1981-85), and Professor
(1985-89). He has been a visiting professor at Australian National University,
Canberra (1985); University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1987); RWTH, Aachen,
Germany (1992); and University Paris Sud, France (1998). Prof. Chandrasekaran
is currently Amrut Mody Chair Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of
the department of organic chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India. Research Interests: Prof. Chandrasekaran's research
has been concerned with development of new synthetic methodology, synthesis
of natural products, organometallic chemistry, study of reaction mechanisms,
and organic materials. Offices and Assignments: Prof. Chandrasekaran
has served as: Associate Editor, Proceedings of the Indian Academy of
Sciences (Chemical Sciences, 1991-present); Member, Sectional Committee,
Chemistry, Indian Academy of Sciences (1991-98); Editor, 10th International
Conference on Organic Synthesis, Bangalore (1994); Member, Editorial
Board, Indian Journal of Chemistry (1995-present); Member, Program Advisory
Committee in Organic Chemistry, Department of Science and Technology
(1995-present); Member, Research Committee on Chemistry and Technology,
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, 1995-present);
Member, Council of Indian National Science Academy (1998-2000); and
Convenor, National Symposium in Chemistry, Bangalore (1999). He also
sits as a member on the research councils of a number of CSIR laboratories
and as a member on the boards of studies of a number of universities
in India. Prof. Chandrasekaran has delivered more than 150 invited lectures
and seminars at various national and international meetings, universities,
and research institutions in India and overseas. IUPAC Activities: Prof.
Chandrasekaran served on the IUPAC Committee on Nomenclature of Organic
Chemistry (1993-95) and is currently on India's IUPAC National Committee
(1997-2000). Awards: Prof. 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, and Prof. Siddappa
60th Birthday Commemoration Lecturer at Dharward University in 1999.
Prof. Chandrasekaran was appointed Research Fellow of the Indian National
Science Academy (1985-87), Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences
(1989), and Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (1992).