Varadachari Krishnan

Biography

Varadachari Krishnan had his early education at Madras and Banaras Hindu University and joined the Indian Institute of Science (1958) as a graduate student in the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry under the guidance of CC Patel. In his doctoral work of oxo-and peroxo titanium (IV), zirconium (IV) and thorium (IV) complexes he demonstrated the transient existence of thoryl ion. He did his post-doctoral work with KA Jensen at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (1965-67). Along with CK Jorgensen, he proposed an optical electronegativity scale based on the spectral analysis of charge transfer transitions in diverse metal-coordination compounds. Later, he moved to Texas A&M University (1968-70) and worked with RA Zingaro. Returning to India, he joined Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay (1970) and later moved to Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (1974). Till his retirement (1999) from IISc, he held various positions such as the Chairman of Department, Chairman, Division of Chemical Sciences and Tata Chemical Endowed Professorship. He is presently an Honorary Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore.

Research Interest

Inorganic & Bioinorganic Chemistry