C. N. R. Rao

C.N.R. Rao is the National Research Professor of India, Linus Pauling Research Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Science. His research interests are in the chemistry of materials. He has authored nearly 1400 research papers and edited or written 42 books in materials chemistry.A. Govindaraj obtained his Ph. D degree from University of Mysore and is a Senior Scientific Officer at the Indian Institute of Science, and Honorary Faculty Fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. He works on various nanomaterials. He has authored more than 100 research papers and co-authored a book on nanotubes and nanowires. He is a recipient of the medal of the MRS (India).