Bal Dattatreya Tilak (26 September 1918 – 25 May 1999) was an
Indian
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chemical engineer and a director of the
National Chemical Laboratory
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.
He was awarded the
Padma Bhushan
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, the third-highest civilian honour of the
Government of India
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, in 1972.
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1918 births
1999 deaths
Marathi people
Institute of Chemical Technology alumni
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering
20th-century Indian chemists
People from Wardha district
Scientists from Maharashtra
Indian chemical engineers
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