Animesh Chakravorty
Professor
Inorganic Chemistry
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
India
Biography
Was professor and head of the department of chemistry/inorganic chemistry at IIT Kanpur/IACS; visiting professor, Texas A & M University; HL research professor, JNCASR Bangalore. Mentored fiftyeight (eight from IIT Kanpur and fifty from IACS)PhD's and numerous postdoctoral students some of whom are now well known in academy/industry. Born in 1935, PhD Calcutta University, research associate MIT and Harvard University. Married to Aparna.
Research Interest
Chemistry of new molecular transition metal systems
Publications
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A. K. Gangopadhyay and A. Chakravorty Charge transfer spectra of some gold(III) complexes, J. Chem. Phys., 1961, 35, 2206-2209
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A. Chakravorty, U. V. spectrum of KAuCl4, Naturwissenschaften, 1961, 48, 375.
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A. Chakravorty and S. Basu, Crystal spectra of metal chelates-I, J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem., 1961, 17, 55-61
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A. Chakravorty and S. Basu, Crystal spectra of chromium tris-acetylacetone, J. Chem. Phys., 1960, 33, 1266.
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A. Chakravorty and S. Basu, Visible absorption spectra of copper ethylene-diamine-bis(acetylacetone) in the crystalline state, Nature, 1959, 184, 50-51
