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| name = Amalendu Chandra<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|10|6}}<br />
| birth_place = [[West Bengal]], India<br />
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| residence = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| fields = {{ublist | [[Theoretical chemistry|Theoretical physical chemistry]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[IIT Kanpur]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Burdwan]] | [[Indian Institute of Science]] | [[University of British Columbia]] }}<br />
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| known_for = Studies on microscopic theories and simulations<br />
| awards = {{ublist | 1995&nbsp;[[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Young Scientist Medal | 1997&nbsp;[[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Anil Kumar Bose Memorial Award | 2006&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 2006&nbsp;[[Chemical Research Society of India|CRSI]] Bronze Medal | 2015&nbsp;[[Chemical Research Society of India|CRSI]] Silver Medal }}<br />
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'''Amalendu Chandra''' (born 1963) is an Indian theoretical physical chemist, a professor and the head of the Department of Chemistry at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]].<ref name="Dean">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/dord/dean |title=Dean |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur}}</ref> He is known for his microscopic theories and simulations on liquids, interface and clusters.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=110 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> He is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Chandra,_Prof._Amalendu |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> and the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P13-1603 |title=Indian fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2007, for his contributions to chemical sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:B.U. administrative complex gate.jpg|thumb|235px|Burdwan University]]<br />
Amalendu Chandra, Born on 6 October 1963 in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], graduated in chemistry from the [[University of Burdwan]] in 1984 and completed his master's degree from the same university in 1986.<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~amalen/ |title=Faculty profile |date=2016 |publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> His doctoral studies were at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] and after securing a PhD in 1991, he moved to Canada for his post-doctoral studies at the [[University of British Columbia]] on an Izaac Walton Killam Fellowship. On his return to India in 1993, he joined [[IIT Kanpur]] where he serves as a professor of the department of chemistry and also the Head of the Department.<ref name="Professor, Department of Chemistry">{{Cite web |url=http://iitk.ac.in/new/amalendu-chandra |title=Professor, Department of Chemistry |date=2016 |publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> He held two chair professorships during this period viz. Rahul and Namita Gautam Chair Professorship (2008–11)<ref name="Rahul and Namita Gautam Chair Professorship">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/doraold/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=85&Itemid=165 |title=Rahul and Namita Gautam Chair Professorship |date=2016 |publisher=IIT Kanpur |access-date=3 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220035100/http://www.iitk.ac.in/doraold/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=85&Itemid=165 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and Sajani Kumar Roy Memorial Chair Professorship (2011).<ref name="Sajani Kumar Roy Memorial Chair Professorship">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/doraold/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=562&Itemid=78 |title=Sajani Kumar Roy Memorial Chair Professorship |date=2016 |publisher=IIT Kanpur |access-date=3 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220035224/http://www.iitk.ac.in/doraold/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=562&Itemid=78 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is also associated with [[Biman Bagchi]] and assists the research group headed by the latter in their studies.<ref name="Welcome to Biman Bagchi Group">{{Cite web |url=http://bimanbagchi.com/ |title=Welcome to Biman Bagchi Group |date=2016 |publisher=Biman Bagchi Group}}</ref><br />
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Chandra's researches are based on the simulations of liquids, interface and clusters and he is known to have contributed to develop microscopic theories and predictions.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |access-date=3 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He has conducted reportedly extensive studies on the equilibrium and dynamical behaviour of complex molecular liquids and bulk ionic solutions as well as on the structure of [[molecular clusters]] using theoretical and computational methodologies.<ref name="Professor, Department of Chemistry" /> He has documented his researches in several peer-reviewed articles;<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Chandra=3AAmalendu=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 118 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/39771159_Amalendu_Chandra |title=On ResearchGate |date=2016 }}</ref><br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
Chandra was selected by the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1993 as an associate of the academy with the tenure running from 1994 to 1998.<ref name="Associate of Indian Academy of Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/associate/Chandra,_Dr._Amalendu |title=Associate of Indian Academy of Sciences |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> In 1995, the Indian National Science Academy awarded him the Young Scientist Medal<ref name="Young Scientist Medal">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/youngmedal.php |title=Young Scientist Medal |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> and followed it up with the Anil Kumar Bose Memorial Award in 1997.<ref name="Anil Kumar Bose Memorial Award">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/youngmedal.php#anil |title=Anil Kumar Bose Memorial Award |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> He received the Bronze Medal of the [[Chemical Research Society of India]] in 2006; the society would honor him again 2015 with the Silver Medal.<ref name="CRSI Bronze Medal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.crsi.org.in/index.php/crsi-awards/year-1999-2008 |title=CRSI Bronze Medal |date=2016 |publisher=Chemical Research Society of India |access-date=3 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016123938/http://www.crsi.org.in/index.php/crsi-awards/year-1999-2008 |archive-date=16 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2007.<ref name="Chemical Sciences">{{cite web|url=http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm |title=Chemical Sciences |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |date=2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012851/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm |archivedate=2012-09-12 }}</ref> He was elected as a fellow by the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 2009<ref name="Fellow profile" /> and he became an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 2015.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He has held several other research fellowships including the [[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation|Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship]] (2002–03) and the Ramanna Fellowship (2006–09 and 2010–13), and J. C. Bose National Fellowship of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] (2013).<ref name="Faculty profile" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Molecular clusters]]<br />
* [[Biman Bagchi]]<br />
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