C. N. R. Rao

Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India

Institution
Government of India

Country
India

Field
Leadership

Rao was conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, Japan’s highest civilian award, for his contributions to science and Indo-Japanese science cooperation. He is the only Indian to be elected as a foreign member of the Japan Academy.

(Photo: Royal Society of Chemistry)


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