Jayaraman Chandrasekhar (born 1952) is an Indian computational chemist and a former professor at the department of organic chemistry of the

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute was ...

. He is known for his studies on the structure and bonding of organic molecules and is an elected fellow of

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, and the

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The

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, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1995, for his contributions to chemical sciences.

Biography

J. Chandrasekhar, born on 23 October 1952 in the south Indian state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

, graduated in chemistry from

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in 1970 and joined the

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance and has be ...

for his master's degree which he completed in 1972. He continued at IIT Madras for his doctoral studies on computational chemistry and theoretical organic chemistry under the guidance of S. Subramanian and secured a PhD in 1977. His post-doctoral studies were at

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...

at the laboratory of

Paul von Ragué Schleyer Paul von Ragué Schleyer (February 27, 1930 – November 21, 2014) was an American physical organic chemist whose research is cited with great frequency. A 1997 survey indicated that Dr. Schleyer was, at the time, the world's third most cited chem ...

, a fellow of the

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and later at with William L. Jorgensen of

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as a research associate. In his return to India, he joined

as a member of the faculty of organic chemistry and while serving as a professor there, he moved to Neurogen Corporation, Branford where he pursues his researches.

Legacy

Chandrasekhar is known to have worked extensively on the structure and bonding of organic molecules and their implications on chemical reactivity. His later researches were on the quantification of electronic effects, prediction of structures and energies and the computation of their molecular properties and his studies have reportedly widened the understanding of negative

hyperconjugation In organic chemistry, hyperconjugation (σ-conjugation or no-bond resonance) refers to the delocalization of electrons with the participation of bonds of primarily σ-character. Usually, hyperconjugation involves the interaction of the electron ...

in organic, organometallic and inorganic systems and captodative stabilization and distonic effect in radical ions. He has published his researches by way of chapters contributed to three books and several peer-reviewed articles; the online repository of Indian Academy of Sciences has listed 151 of them. He served as an elected member of the

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from 1996 to 2005 and has been associated with

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and ''Journal of Science Education'' as an associate editor and with

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and ''Proceedings of Chemical Sciences'' as a member of their editorial boards.

Awards and honors

Chandrasekhar has received the Dr. Hussain Zaheer Young Scientist Award and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1995. The

elected him as a fellow in 1992 and he became an elected fellow of and the

in 2000. He received the Citation Laureate Award of Thomson Scientific in 2004. He is also a senior fellow of the

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute located at Jakkur, Bangalore, India. It was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, to ...

and has held the National Lectureship of Science and Engineering Research Board.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandrasekhar, Jayaraman Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Chemical Science 1952 births Indian scientific authors Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences University of Madras alumni Scientists from Karnataka Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy Indian organic chemists Indian computational chemists Bangalore University alumni IIT Madras alumni University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni Yale University alumni Indian Institute of Science faculty Living people

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