Sadhan Basu FNA, FASc, FRSC was an Indian physical chemist, academic and the Palit Professor of Chemistry at the University of Calcutta from 1964 to 1985.
12 Facts About Sadhan Basu
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Sadhan Basu was known for his elucidation of the Quantum Mechanical Model of Robert S Mulliken.
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Sadhan Basu was an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Society of France, Indian Chemical Society, Indian National Science Academy and the Indian Academy of Sciences.
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In 1948, Sadhan Basu joined the faculty of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, where he conducted pioneering research on chain transfer in radical polymerisation and established a standard procedure for estimating the molecular weight of polymers.
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In 1954, Sadhan Basu joined the faculty of the University of Calcutta as a reader; he would remain at the university for the next three decades.
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Sadhan Basu calculated the transition energies and oscillator strengths of aromatic polyhydrocarbons using the gas model prescribed by Shin'ichiro Tomonaga in 1950.
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Sadhan Basu was associated with the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, the Indian Journal of Chemistry and the Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy as their associate editor.
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Sadhan Basu mentored a number of students in their doctoral research.
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Sadhan Basu served as the head of the university's chemistry department from 1978 to 1980.
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Sadhan Basu retired from the University of Calcutta in 1985, and died on 5 October 1992, at the age of 70.
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Sadhan Basu was survived by his wife, Rama Basu, who was a theoretical chemist, and their son and daughter.
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Sadhan Basu was a fellow of the Indian Chemical Society and the Society of Physical Chemistry of France.