Raghunath A. Mashelkar
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
vyome
India
Biography
Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar was the Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for over eleven years, and also served as the President of Indian National Science Academy. He is only the third Indian engineer to have been elected as Fellow of Royal Society (FRS), London in the twentieth century. He was elected Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Science in 2005, Foreign Fellow of US National Academy of Engineering in 2003 and Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, UK in 1996. Dr. Mashelkar has won over 50 awards and medals from several bodies for his outstanding contribution in the field of science and technology. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by 27 universities from across the world. He is the only scientist so far to have won the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award. In 2011, Dr. Mashelkar was named National Research Professor by the Government of India.
Research Interest
science and technology
