Dr. CNR Rao To Be Awarded Bharat Ratna Along With Sachin Tendulkar

New Delhi: Professor Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao is the third scientist to be awarded the highest civilian award-- Bharat Ratna, a crowning glory of his inexorable list of outstanding achievements.

Before Rao, C V Raman and former President A P J Abdul Kalam were bestowed with the award. The 79-year-old Prof Rao has honorary doctorates from 60 universities that speaks volumes about the world wide acclamation and recognition that he has earned as a scientist par excellence.

Rao is the third scientist after C V Raman and former President A P J Abdul Kalam to be bestowed with the honour.

Rao, founder of the Bangalore-based Jawharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, has served as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister under different regimes, a manifestation of immense faith different governments have placed in him.

A renowned scientist and an institution builder, Rao has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry.

Rao, born on June 30 in 1934 to Hanumantha Nagesa Rao and Nagamma Nagesa Rao in Bangalore, could have settled for a cushy job armed with a BSc in 1951 but his unsatiable quest for learning took him to the path of unending scientific journey.

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