Srinivasachari Rajappa
Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Srinivasachari Rajappa obtained his PhD (Chemistry) from the Madras University in 1958. After a short stint as Lecturer at the IIT Madras, undertook postdoctoral research, first at the Florida State University, and then at Harvard with RB Woodward. Thereafter, he joined the CIBA Research Centre in Bombay, where he worked for nearly 22 years. In 1987, he moved to the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune as the Head of the Division of Organic Synthesis, where he continued up to his retirement (1994), and for another 5 years as Emeritus Scientist.
Research Interest
Organic Chemistry
