Mushi Santappa was one of the founder directors of Avanti Leathers Limited and was known for his researches on the synthesis of graft copolymers, the properties of macromolecules, and osmotic techniques.
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Mushi Santappa was an elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India, Royal Institute of Chemistry and New York Academy of Sciences and a founder fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Chennai.
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Mushi Santappa was born on 2 October 1923 in Jonnagiri village in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to Arikeri Basappa-Rajoli couple and graduated in chemistry from the University of Madras in 1943.
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Mushi Santappa returned to Chennai in 1963 as the head of the department of physical chemistry.
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Mushi Santappa died on 26 February 2017, in Chennai, at the age of 93.
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Mushi Santappa demonstrated the synthesis of graft copolymers by simple chain transfer process and studied oxidation of a number of organic substrates.
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Mushi Santappa's researches have been published in over 350 articles and he guided 59 research scholars on the doctoral studies.
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Mushi Santappa served as the chair of the Science and Society project of the Department of Science and Technology and has been an adviser to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.
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Mushi Santappa was a national professor and member of the University Grants Commission and sat in the council of the Indian National Science Academy.
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Mushi Santappa was a recipient of the Sri Kanchi Mahaswami Trust and the Voice Award for Science and Technology of Leather.
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Mushi Santappa received an honorary DLitt from Gulbarga University and the degree of Doctor of Science from Andhra University, Madras University, Sri Krishna Devaraya University and Madurai Kamaraj University.
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Mushi Santappa was an elected fellow of all the three major Indian sciences academies, Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Sciences, India.
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Mushi Santappa was a fellow of Royal Institute of Chemistry and the New York Academy of Sciences and a founder fellow of the Academy of Sciences Chennai.