Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1918
Place of Birth: Sylhet, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
Date of Death: 19-May-2013
Profession: chemist
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya
- Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya (1918–2013) was an Indian natural product chemist and the director of Bose Institute, Kolkata.
- He was known for his studies on structures and configurations of terpenoids and synthesis of Vetiver Oil and natural musk.
- He was the vice-president of the Indian National Science Academy and was an elected fellow of the academy as well as the Indian Academy of Sciences.
- The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1962, for his contributions to chemical sciences.
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