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| name = Mushi Santappa<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1923|10|2}}<br />
| birth_place = Jonnagiri, [[Andhra Pradesh]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|2|26|1923|10|2}}<br />
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| residence = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| fields = {{ublist | [[Photochemistry]] | [[Polymer chemistry]] }} <br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[University of Madras]] | [[Madurai Kamaraj University]] | [[Central Leather Research Institute]] | [[Sri Venkateswara University]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Madras]] | [[Banaras Hindu University]] | [[University of London]] | [[Manchester University]] }}<br />
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist | R. W. West | [[Meredith Gwynne Evans]] }}<br />
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| known_for = Studies on kinetics of oxidation, [[Complexometric titration|Complexometry]], Synthetic high polymers, Leather technology<br />
| awards = {{ublist | 1967&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 1982&nbsp;[[Indian Chemical Society|ICS]] Sir J. C. Ghosh Memorial Medal | 1985&nbsp;FICCI Award for Science and Technology | Sevaratna Award | Voice Award for Science and Technology }}<br />
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'''Mushi Santappa''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS|FRIC|FNA|FASc}} (2 October 1923 – 26 February 2017) was an Indian polymer chemist, leather technologist and a vice chancellor of [[Sri Venkateswara University]] and the [[University of Madras]].<ref name="S V University - Former Vice Chancellors ">{{cite web | url=http://www.svuniversity.ac.in/Admininstration/ExViceChancellors.aspx | title=S V University - Former Vice Chancellors | publisher=S V University | date=2016 | accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Vice Chancellors">{{cite web | url=http://www.unom.ac.in/index.php?route=university/formervcs | title=Vice Chancellors | publisher=Madras University | date=2016 | accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref> He was one of the founder directors of Avanti Leathers Limited<ref name="Avanti Leathers Limited">{{cite web | url=http://companydata.in/avanti-leathers-limited/476070.py | title=Avanti Leathers Limited | publisher=Company Data | date=2016 | accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref> and was known for his researches on the synthesis of graft copolymers, the properties of macromolecules, and osmotic techniques.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=33 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=5 October 2016}}</ref> He was an elected Fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="Fellow profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Santappa,_Dr_Mushi | title=Fellow profile | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref> [[National Academy of Sciences, India]],<ref name="NASI fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S | title=NASI fellows | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref> [[Royal Institute of Chemistry]] and [[New York Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="Indian fellow">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N71-0696 | title=Indian fellow | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | accessdate=5 November 2016}}</ref> and a founder fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Chennai.<ref name="Founder fellows ASC">{{cite web | url=http://www.tnasc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Fell-TNASC-Founder.pdf | title=Founder fellows ASC | publisher=Academy of Sciences, Chennai | date=2016 | accessdate=9 November 2016}}</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 1967, 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=5 October 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:University of Madras Entrance Arch at Chepauk Campus.JPG|thumb|235px|University of Madras Entrance Arch at Chepauk Campus]]<br />
Mushi Santappa was born on 2 October 1923 in Jonnagiri village in the south Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]] to Arikeri Basappa-Rajoli couple and graduated in chemistry from the [[University of Madras]] in 1943.<ref name="Prof. Santappa Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.spsi.co.in/files/sawards.php | title=Prof. Santappa Profile | publisher=Society for Polymer Science, India | date=2016 | accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref> His master's degree was from [[Banaras Hindu University]] in 1946 after which he secured a PhD from the [[University of London]] on a Government of India scholarship in 1949, mentored by R. W. West. Staying back in the UK, he obtained another PhD in 1951 from [[Manchester University]], working under the guidance of [[Meredith Gwynne Evans]], a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]; his thesis was based on the ''physical chemistry of high polymers''. Returning to India, he joined the University of Madras as a reader of physical chemistry in 1952 and in 1958, he was transferred to the Madurai Extension Centre (present-day [[Madurai Kamaraj University]]) as a professor. He returned to Chennai in 1963 as the head of the department of physical chemistry. Serving as a [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] Senior Professor at the university from 1966 onward, he also worked as a director at [[Central Leather Research Institute]] (CLRI) from 1972. In 1979, he was appointed as the vice chancellor of [[Sri Venkateswara University]], [[Tirupati]] and on expiry of his tenure in 1980,<ref name="S V University - Former Vice Chancellors " /> he returned to Chennai and took up the assignment as the vice chancellor of the University of Madras in 1981 where he stayed till 1984.<ref name="Vice Chancellors" /> While working as the UGC professor, he co-founded ''Avanti Leather Limited'', a public limited company involved in the manufacture and export of leather products, in 1976.<ref name="Board of Directors">{{cite web | url=http://www.avantileathers.com/index.php | title=Board of Directors | publisher=Avanti Leather Limited | date=2016 | accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref><br />
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Santappa was married to Lakshmi Devi and the couple has three daughters and two sons. He died on 26 February 2017, in [[Chennai]], at the age of 93.<ref name="Renowned polymer chemist, academic passes away">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2017/02/28003751/1028206/Renowned-polymer-chemist-academic-passes-away.vpf?TId=112132 |title=Renowned polymer chemist, academic passes away |date=28 February 2017 |publisher=Daily Thanthi}}</ref><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Santappa's early researches during his doctoral studies were related to vinyl monomers.4 and its free radical polymerization using light but later, he shifted his focus to the study of kinetics of vinyl polymerization during his stint at the laboratory of [[Meredith Gwynne Evans]].<ref name="Prof. Santappa Profile" /> Through these studies, he propounded that vinyl monomers could be polymerized using [[photo polymerization]]. He also demonstrated the synthesis of graft copolymers by simple chain transfer process and also studied oxidation of a number of organic substrates.<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 | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | accessdate=5 October 2016 | pages=34 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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His researches have been published in over 350 articles{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and he guided 59 research scholars on the doctoral studies.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> Moreover, he published a comprehensive text on the ''State of the Art in Polymer Science and Engineering in India''.<ref name="State of the Art in Polymer Science and Engineering in India">{{cite book | url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_071_12_1010_1011_0.pdf | title=State of the Art in Polymer Science and Engineering in India | publisher=T. R. Publications | author=M. Santappa | year=1996}}</ref> Together with Santi K. Palit, a known chemist, he promoted research in polymer science at the [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science]] and was one of the organizers of the International Symposium on Polymers, under the aegis of the [[International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry]] (IUPAC), held in Chennai in 1983.<ref name="Prof. Santappa Profile" /> He served as the chair of the ''Science and Society'' project of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] and has been an adviser to the [[Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board]]. It was during his tenure as the vice chancellor, the University of Madras established department of Energy and department of Polymer Science and Technology. He was also a national professor and member of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] and sat in the council of the Indian National Science Academy.<ref name="Indian fellow" /><br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded Santappa the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1967.<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 | accessdate=7 November 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=12 September 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He received the Sir J. C. Ghosh Memorial Medal of<br />
the [[Indian Chemical Society]] in 1982 and the FICCI Award for Science and Technology of the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry]] in 1985. He was also a recipient of the Sri Kanchi Mahaswami Trust and the Voice Award for Science and Technology of Leather.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He received an honorary DLitt from [[Gulbarga University]] and the degree of Doctor of Science ([[honoris causa]]) from [[Andhra University]], [[Madras University]], [[Sri Krishna Devaraya University]] and [[Madurai Kamaraj University]]. He was an elected fellow of all the three major Indian sciences academies, [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] (1961),<ref name="Fellow profile" /> [[Indian National Science Academy]] (1971) and [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] (1983).<ref name="NASI fellows" /> He was also a fellow of [[Royal Institute of Chemistry]] (1970) and the [[New York Academy of Sciences]] (1985) and a founder fellow of the Academy of Sciences Chennai.<ref name="Founder fellows ASC" /> The Society for Polymer Science, India have instituted an annual award, ''Professor M. Santappa Award'', in his honor, which recognizes excellence in research in [[polymer chemistry]].<ref name="Prof. Santappa Profile" /><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
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=== Book ===<br />
* {{cite book | url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_071_12_1010_1011_0.pdf | title=State of the Art in Polymer Science and Engineering in India | publisher=T. R. Publications | author=M. Santappa | year=1996}}<br />
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=== Articles ===<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Ranganathan, Hemalatha |author2=Ramasami, T. |author3=Ramaswamy, D. |author4=Santappa, M. |year=1986 |title=Hydrogen bonding and tautomeric equilibria in Schiff bases derived from 2-amino pyridines: electronic spectral evidence for substituent effects |journal= Indian Journal of Chemistry |volume=25 |pages=127–130 |issn=0376-4710}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Varadalambedu Srinivasan Nithianandam, Kalathur Sabdham Vangepuram Srinivasan, Koithara Thomas Joseph and Mushi Santappa |year=August 1981 |title=Immobilization of trypsin on poly(methyl methacrylate-co-2-acryloylamino-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid |journal=Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics |volume=182 |issue=8 |pages=2193–2200 |doi=10.1002/macp.1981.021820808}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Devarajan, R. |author2=Balakrishnan, T. |author3=Santappa, M. |author4=Viswanathan, B. |year=1982 |title=Gamma radiation-induced bulk polymerization of some methyl aryloxymethacrylates |journal=Journal of Polymer Science |volume=20 |issue=8 |pages=1863–1873 |doi=10.1002/pol.1982.170200718}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Balasubramanian, M. |author2=Nanjan, M. J. |author3=Santappa, M. |year=1982 |title=Synthesis, characterization, and fiber studies of certain aromatic polyamides |journal=Journal of Applied Polymer Science |volume=27 |issue=5 |pages=1423–1432 |doi=10.1002/app.1982.070270501}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Rajendra Prasad, D. |author2=Ramasami, T. |author3=Ramaswamy, D. |author4=Santappa, M. |year=1982 |title=Kinetics and mechanism of the equilibration reactions of diaquachromium(III)-Schiff base derivatives, Cr(Schiff base)(H2O)2+, and their conjugate bases with thiocyanate, azide, imidazole, pyridine and nicotinic acid as ligands |journal=Inorganic Chemistry |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=850–854 |doi=10.1021/ic00133a002}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Venkatachalapathi, Kora |author2=Nair, Madhavan Sivasankaran |author3=Ramaswamy, Duraiswamy |author4=Santappa, Muchi |year=1982 |title=Binary and ternary complexes of chromium(III) involving iminodiacetic acid, L(+)-aspartic acid, L(+)-glutamic acid, or L(+)-cysteine as ligands |journal=Journal of the Chemical Society |volume=2 |pages=291–297 |doi=10.1039/DT9820000291}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Nair, Madhavan Sivasankaran |author2=Venkatachalapathi, Kora |author3=Santappa, Muchi |year=1982 |title=Equilibrium studies of binary and mixed-ligand complexes of zinc(II) involving imidazole, histamine, and L-histidine as ligands |journal=Journal of the Chemical Society |volume=3 |pages=555–559 |doi=10.1039/DT9820000555}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Meredith Gwynne Evans]]<br />
* [[Polymerization]]<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite journal | url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_071_12_1010_1011_0.pdf | title=State of the Art in Polymer Science and Engineering in India - Book Review | author=B. M. Mandal | journal=Current Science | year=December 1996 | volume=71 | issue=12}}<br />
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