| Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao Memorial Lecture Award | ||
| Award Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Civilian | |
| Category | National | |
| Instituted | 1979 | |
| Last Awarded | 2008 | |
| Awarded by | Indian National Science Academy | |
| Cash Award | Rs. 25,000 | |
| First Awardee(s) | Prof. R.K.Asundi | |
Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao Memorial Lecture Award is given for the outstanding contributions in the subject of Spectroscopy in Physics. The award was established by the National Institute of Sciences of India, located in Calcutta in the year 1979. The honour has been awarded to eleven people, a list which includes all Indian citizens.
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The Memorial Lecture Award was established in the year 1979 in the honour of Professor Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao by the students of Prof. K.Rangadhama Rao and Indian National Science Academy, formerly National Institute of Sciences of India, Calcutta. The lecture is awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of Spectroscopy. The award carries an honorarium of Rs. 25,000/- and a citation.
The below lists the recipients of the Memorial Award since its inception in the year 1979.[1]
| S.No | Name | Birth / death | Awarded | Contribution | Indian state or country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Prof. R.K.Asundi | 1979 | Molecules In Interstellar Space | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 2. | Prof. K.Narahari Rao | 1981 | |||
| 3. | Prof. N.A.Narasimham | 15 Aug 1922 08 Apr 2002 |
1983 | A Search For Organic Molecules In Space : High Resolution Infrared Laser Diode And Radio Frequency Spectroscopic Studies | Andhra Pradesh |
| 4. | Prof. V.G.Bhide | 1985 | |||
| 5. | Prof. P.T.Manoharan | 1987 | |||
| 6. | Prof. Mihir Chowdhury | 1989 | Work on Two-Photon processes in biomolecules and dynamics of excited state proton transfer. | ||
| 7. | Prof. V.B.Kartha | 1991 | Laser Spectroscopy In Atomic And Molecular Physics | ||
| 8. | Prof. Anil Kumar | 1996 | Bangalore, Karnataka | ||
| 9. | Prof. A.K.Sood | 2000 | |||
| 10. | Dr. N.Chandrakumar | 2004 | Coherence Transformations and their Applications in NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging | ||
| 11. | Prof. D.D. Sarma | 2008 | X-ray spectroscopy elucidating the novel physics of strongly correlated systems |