Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha

Indian quantum chemist (born 1950)

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1950

Place of Birth: Karnataka, India

Profession: chemist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha (born 1950) is an Indian quantum chemist and a former Dean of the Faculty of Science at the Indian Institute of Science.
He is a former chair of the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit and Amrut Modi Chair professor of Chemical Sciences at IISc.
He is known for his studies on conjugated organic systems and low-dimensional solids and is an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences and The World 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 1992, for his contributions to chemical sciences.