Srinivasan Varadarajan

Srinivasan Varadarajan
Born (1928-03-31) March 31, 1928
Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Chemist
Corporate executive
Civil servant
Awards Padma Bhushan

Srinivasan Varadarajan (born 1928) is an Indian chemist, civil servant, corporate executive and the former chairman of several public sector undertakings such as Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL), Petrofils Cooperative Limited, Engineers India Limited (EIL), and Bridge and Roof Company (India).[1] Born on 31 March 1928 in Tamil Nadu, he obtained two master's degrees (MA and MSc) from Madras University and Andhra University and two doctoral degrees (PhD) from University of Delhi and University of Cambridge and worked as a faculty member at several educational institutions such as Delhi University (1949–53), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1956-57) and Department of Radiotherapeutics, University of Cambridge (1957–59). He was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (1983), Indian Academy of Sciences (1972)[2] and the The World Academy of Sciences (1997).[3] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1985, for his contributions to society.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Indian Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "IAS Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "TWAS Fellow". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.


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