C.n.r. Rao

Biography

C.N.R. Rao has held various academic positions: Professor of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (Head of Department and later Dean of Research of the Institute) (1963-76). Visiting Professor, Purdue University, 1967-68; 1982 (in part). Commonwealth Visiting Professor, University of Oxford and Fellow, St. Catherine's College, Oxford (1974-75). Distinguished Visiting Professor, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Founder Chairman, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit and Materials Research Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science (1977-84). Jawaharlal Nehru Professor, University of Cambridge and Professorial Fellow, King's College, Cambridge (1983-84). Director, Indian Institute of Science (1984-94). Visiting Professor, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France (1990). Honorary Professor, University of Wales, Cardiff (1993-1997). President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (1989-99). Albert Einstein Research Professor (1995-1999). Visiting Professor, University of Southampton (2007-2010). Honorary Professor, Indian Institute of Science (1994- ). Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University (2004- ). Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley (2008 - 2011). Distinguished Visiting Professor of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (1995- ). Distinguished Research Fellow, Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge (2007 - ). Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Temple University, Philadelphia (2016). National Research Professor(of India) (2006 -2016 ).

Research Interest

C.N.R. Rao research interest include transition metal oxides and other extended inorganic solids (new synthesis and novel structures, metal-insulator transitions, CMR materials, superconductivity, multiferroics etc.), inorganic-organic hybrid materials, nanomaterials including nanotubes and graphene, and artificial photosynthesis and hydrogen generation by photocatalysis and thermal means.