Srivari Chandrasekhar

Director

Institution
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT)

Country
India

Field
Chemistry

Chandrasekhar won the Infosys Prize 2014 in Physical Sciences for his research into the synthesis of complex molecules from natural sources and was appointed director of the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) in 2015.

(Photo: Infosys Science Foundation)


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