Brindaban Chandra Ranu
Department of Organic Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Brindaban Chandra Ranu received his BSc (Hons) (Chemistry) and MSc (Chemistry), both from Calcutta University, and his PhD from Jadavpur University working under the guidance of UR Ghatak. He did his postdoctoral work (1982-85) in Virginia Tech, with T Hudlicky. Ranu started his career as Lecturer at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata where he became Professor in 1996, Head of the Department (2003-08) and Senior Professor in 2005. He was Visiting Professor at the University of Extremadura, (1995-96)..
Research Interest
Organic synthesis, Green Chemistry
