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Prof. C. N. R. Rao is one of the world's leading chemists, known for research on solid-state and materials chemistry, including superconductors and nanomaterials. He has published over 1,500 research papers and received the Bharat Ratna in 2014.
Key contributions
- Pioneering work on transition-metal oxides and superconductors
- Research on nanomaterials and graphene
- Bharat Ratna (2014)