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Nationality
  
Indian American

Citizenship
  
USA

Ethnicity
  
Indian American

Occupation
  
'Chandra' is currently Professor of Physics, Department Chair and Director of Graduate studies.(Since 1978) Now retired.

Language
  
Kannada (Mother tongue)

Alma mater
  
B.Sc; National College, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Ph.D; Purdue UniversityLafayette,Indiana, USA,

Education
  
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Purdue University, National College, Bangalore

Professor Holalkere Rangarao Chandrasekhar, (ಹೊಳಲ್ಕೆರೆ ರಂಗರಾವ್ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ್) very fondly known to his friends and media as "Chandra", was the Professor of Physics, Department Chair and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Missouri,(UMC) USA. Now retired. He is an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a past consultant to the United Nations Development under the TOKTEN project.

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Early life

Chandra, was born at Holalkere,(ಹೊಳಲ್ಕೆರೆ) a small hamlet in the Chitradurga state, of Karnataka state. His parents were H.V.Rangarao and D.Radhamma. Father was the local auditor, and Shanubhogue of Chirnahalli,(ಚೀರನಹಳ್ಳಿ) and Kudinirkatte, (ಕುಡಿನೀರಕಟ್ಟೆ) hobalies, belonging to Holalkere taluk. He was a well known Astrologer of very high repute.

Academic Qualifications

  • 1966 B.Sc. (Physics): The National Degree College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore.
  • 1968 M.Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
  • December 1973 Ph.D. (Physics): Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.

    • Employment Experience

  • 1987 to Present: Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia.
  • 1982 to 1987: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Missouri-Columbia.
  • 1978 to 1981: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Oct. 1975-Jan. 1978: Research Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut fü r Festkö rperforschung, Stuttgart, West Germany with Profs. Manuel Cardona and Ludwig Genzel. Here he met Dr. Meera chandrapal and got married.
  • Jan. 1974-Oct. 1975: Research Associate, Physics Department, Purdue University with Prof. A.K. Ramdas.
  • Jan. 1970-Dec. 1973: Research Assistant, Physics Department, Purdue University

    • Spectroscopic Studies in Condensed Matter and Biology

    Chandrasekhar has done important Research work in this division.

    Membership in Professional Societies

    1. Links to Physics and Related Organizations American Association of Physics Teachers, American Physical Society, Missouri Academy of Science, American Association of University Teachers, SPIE
    2. Scientific Interests: Application of Optical techniques for a variety of organic and inorganic materials including biological systems. Spectroscopic investigation of normal and malignant tissues of colon in an effort to identify tissue specific features.

    Chandra came to UMC

    He came to UMC in 1976, to build a modern optics teaching and research laboratory.

    Honors

  • 1996-97: Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 (June-Dec. 1996) ; * Visiting Research Professor, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson.(Jan. -June 1997).
  • 1993: Consultant to India under the Transfer of Knowledge (TOKTEN) program sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
  • 1980-1984: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship. One of twenty-one physicists selected in National Competition on the basis of "exceptional potential to make creative contributions to scientific knowledge in the early stages of career".
  • 1979-1980: University of Missouri Summer Research Fellowships.
  • 1973-1974: David-Ross Fellowship, Purdue University. Awarded for exceptional teaching and research.
  • 1966: Three gold-medals awarded for outstanding scholastic performance in Bachelor of Science examination from the Bangalore University, Bangalore, India.
  • 1963-1968: National Merit Scholarship. Awarded in a National Competition by the Government of India.
  • " received a B.Sc. degree from Bangalore University, India in 1966, an M.Sc from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India * in 1968, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Purdue University, Lafayette, IN in 1973. After a post-doctoral fellowships at Purdue University and the Max-Planck-Institute für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany, he joined the faculty of the Physics Department at the University of Missouri, Columbia MO in 1978.

    • Book Chapters

  • GALLIUM ARSENIDE, edited by J.S. Blakemore, ISBN 0-88318-525-3, LC 87-932, 1987, book chapter with A.K. Ramdas.
  • BANDGAP TUNING IN SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES, a book chapter in the Encyclopedia of Electrical and
  • Electronic Engineering, ed; John G. Webster, Wiley & sons, (1999).
  • DICTIONARY OF PURE AND APPLIED PHYSICS, H.R. Chandrasekhar, “Comprehensive Dictionary of Physics”, Dipak Basu, * Editor-in-Chief; CRC Press Inc. 2001, ISBN 0-8493-2890-X.
  • OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE, S. Guha, W. Graupner, S. Yang, M. Chandrasekhar, H. R. Chandrasekhar, "Anisotropic Organic Materials" - ACS Symposium Series 798, pp 127–142 (2002).

    • About Karnataka bhagavatha(ಕರ್ಣಾಟಕ ಭಾಗವತ)

    Chandra, Collected the bunches of 'Palm leaves' which were etched by Ramannaiah,(ರಾಮಣ್ಣಯ್ಯ-Chandra's great great grand father) Karnataka Bhagavatha, and after transcribing and translating printed into two Volumes. This Entire work, took nearly 13 years and more. Chandra, could manage in spite of his hectic College duties and the Research work on his 'Magnum opus' "Karnataka Bhagavatha"

    Tales from The Indian epics

    This book, is specially written in a simple and lucid language for the children who like to know the stories from the epics like Ramayana and Mahabharatha.

    References

    H. R. Chandrasekhar Wikipedia
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