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H. R. Chandrasekhar

Holalkere Rangarao Chandrasekhar, () known as "Chandra", was a professor of physics, department chair and director of graduate studies at the University of Missouri. He is an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a past consultant to the United Nations Development under the TOKTEN project.

Early life

Chandrasekhar was born at Holalkere, a small hamlet in Chitradurga district, Karnataka to father H. V. Rangarao and mother D. Radhamma. His father was the local auditor and the Shanubhogue of Chirnahalli and Kudinirkatte. He was a well-known astrologer.

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".

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