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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Narayanaswamy Jayaraman
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|5|25}}
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| death_date =
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| residence = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Organic chemistry]] | [[Dendrimer|Dendrimer chemistry]]| [[Polydiacetylenes]]| [[Carbohydrate-protein interactions]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Indian Institute of Science]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Annamalai University]] | [[University of Birmingham]] [[University of California, Los Angeles]] }}
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| S. Ranganathan | [[Fraser Stoddart]] }}
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on [[Dendrimers]] and [[Carbohydrates]]
| awards = {{ublist | 2008 [[Chemical Research Society of India|CRSI]] Silver Medal | 2009 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 2011 Goyal Prize }}
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'''Narayanaswamy Jayaraman''' (born 1964) is an Indian organic chemist and a professor and the chair of the department of organic chemistry at the [[Indian Institute of Science]].<ref name="Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry">{{Cite web |url=https://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in/index.php/people/faculty |title=Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Institute of Science |access-date=4 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509164915/http://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in/index.php/people/faculty |archive-date=9 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is known for his work on synthesis of complex [[carbohydrates]] and new [[dendrimers]]<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=120 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> and is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Jayaraman,_Dr_Narayanaswamy |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</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 2009, 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 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:The Administrative Building, Annamalai University 01.JPG|thumb|left|235px|Annamalai University]]
N. Jayaraman, Born on 25 May 1964 in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], did his master's studies in chemistry at [[Annamalai University]] and after the completion of the course in 1988, he enrolled for his doctoral studies under the guidance of S. Ranganathan to secure a PhD in 1994.<ref name="Biodata on IISc">{{Cite web |url=https://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in/index.php/faculty/74-n-jayaraman |title=Biodata on IISc |date=2016 |publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> His post-doctoral work was at [[University of Birmingham]] during 1994–97 and later at the laboratory of [[James Fraser Stoddart]], the 2016 [[Nobel laureates in Chemistry|Nobel laureate in Chemistry]], at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] during 1997–99.<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/nj/ |title=Faculty profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Institute of Science |access-date=4 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220050852/http://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/nj/ |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Returning to India, he joined the premiere [[Indian Institute of Science]] where he serves as a professor and the chair of the department of organic chemistry <ref name="Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry" />

== Legacy ==
Jayaraman's researches are primarily focused on dendrimers and carbohydrates. He is known to have done extensive work on the synthesis of complex carbohydrates and developed new system of dendrimers.<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=4 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 }}</ref> He has also worked on carbohydrate-protein interactions using designer [[glycolipids]]<ref name="Faculty profile" /> as well as on monosaccharides, cluster glycosides, oligosaccharides and unnatural sugars.<ref name="Research Highlights of Dr. N. Jayaraman">{{Cite journal |url=http://www.niscair.res.in/sciencecommunication/RnDNewsLetters/csirnews2k10/csirnews_jun10.pdf |title=Research Highlights of Dr. N. Jayaraman |journal=Csir News |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |date=June 2010 |issn=0409-7467}}</ref> He is also credited with the identification of poly(alkyl aryl ether) dendrimers and poly(propyl ether imine) dendrimers, two new classes of dendrimers. 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/Jayaraman=3ANarayanaswamy=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> [[ResearchGate]] an online repository of scientific articles has listed 149 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/39277887_Narayanaswamy_Jayaraman |title=On ResearchGate |date=2016 }}</ref> He has also mentored a number of scholars in their doctoral and post-doctoral studies.<ref name="Mentoring">{{Cite web |url=http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/browse?type=advisor&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=Jayaraman%2C+Narayanaswamy |title=Mentoring |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Institute of Science}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Jayaraman received the Bronze Medal of the [[Chemical Research Society of India]] (CRSI) in 2007<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=4 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> and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2009.<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 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012851/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | archive-date=2012-09-12 }}</ref> In between, he was selected for the Diamond Jubilee Fellowship of the [[Institute of Chemical Technology]] in 2008. He received the Goyal Prize in 2011, the same year as he was elected as a fellow by the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="Fellow profile" /> He has delivered a number of award orations including the Professor Swaminathan Endowment Lecture of the [[University of Madras]] in 2007.<ref name="Biodata on IISc" />

== See also ==
* [[Fraser Stoddart]]
* [[Dendrimer]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/39277887_Narayanaswamy_Jayaraman |title=On PubFacts |date=2016 |publisher=PubFacts |work=List of articles}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal |last=Subramania Ranganathan, Narayanaswamy Jayaraman |title=A general and versatile route to "zinc finger" templates |journal=Tetrahedron Letters |date=October 1992 |volume=31 |issue=44 |pages=6681–6682 |doi=10.1016/S0040-4039(00)61018-3}}

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