Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha is a former chair of the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit and Amrut Modi Chair professor of Chemical Sciences at IISc.
10 Facts About Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha
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Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha is known for his studies on conjugated organic systems and low-dimensional solids and is an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences.
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Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha started his career in 1984 as a member of faculty at the Indian Institute of Science where he spent his entire academic career, serving in such different positions as professor and chair of Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, as the Amrut Modi Chair professor of Chemical Sciences and as Dean, faculty of science to superannuate from service in 2015.
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Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha is known to have conducted extensive researches on the electronic structure and nonlinear properties of conjugated organic systems and low-dimensional solids using the Valence Bond method.
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Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha's researches have assisted in designing new protocols for the development of many-body models for investigating large molecules, low-dimensional materials and real time dynamics.
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Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha has published over 240 peer-reviewed articles and guided 23 research scholars in their doctoral studies.
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Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha is an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences,.
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Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha was awarded the Sir M Visvesvaraya life-time achievement award by the government of Karnataka, for the year 2018.
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Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha was conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the Karnataka Science and Technology Academy in 2020.
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Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha was conferred the Chemical Research Society of India Gold Medal for lifetime achievement.