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[[File:Prof. T C Rao with Prof A J Lynch.jpg|thumb|Prof T C Rao with Prof A J Lynch]]

[[File:Prof. T.C. Rao with Dr. B.A. Wills.jpg|thumbnail|Prof. T.C. Rao with Dr. B.A. Wills Editor in Chief of ''Minerals Engineering'' during XXVI International Mineral Processing Congress held in New Delhi, India, in 2012.]]
'''Tadimety Chakrapani Rao''' (born 18 September 1940), also known as '''T.C. Rao''', is an [[India]]n [[mineral processing]] scientist and researcher.

== Education ==
In 1959, Rao received a Bachelor of Science with honours in [[geology]] from [[Andhra University]] in [[Waltair]], India, with a Masters in Science in [[ore dressing]] from the university in 1960. This course in ore dressing began at Andhra University under the guidance of Professor Calamur Mahadevan in 1954, and at that time was the only course in mineral processing in India.<ref>Mineral Engineering in India - Reflections by [[Arun Kumar Biswas]], Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers, 2012</ref> In 1965, under the guidance of Professors [[Frank T. M. White]] and [[Alban Lynch|Alban J. Lynch]],<ref>In conversation with T.C. Rao, the "father of Indian minerals processing". MEI Blog. Wednesday 16 July 2014. http://min-eng.blogspot.com/2014/07/in-conversation-with-tc-rao-father-of.html Accessed 17 December 2018.</ref> Rao completed a [[Doctor of Philosophy|postdoctorate]] in [[mineral engineering]] from the [[University of Queensland]], [[Australia]].

== Career ==
From 1967 to 1977, Rao was a lecturer and then assistant professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]].<ref>[http://www.iitk.ac.in/dofa/DOFA/alphafaculty.pdf IIT Kanupur, India. List of retired faculty]</ref> From 1977 to 1989 he was initially head of the fuel and mineral engineering department and was then appointed Dean of Research and Development at [[Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad]].<ref>AK Ghose, LK Bose (eds). Mining in the 21st Century: Quo Vadis?, Volume 1. 19th World Mining Congress, New Delhi. AK BALKEMA PUBLISHERS. {{ISBN|90 5809 273 9}}. 2003.</ref> From 1989 to 2000, he was director of the Advanced Minerals and Process Research Institute.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Directors|url=http://www.ampri.res.in/index.php/about-us/past-directors|website=Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref>

He is a member of the general council of the [[Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Members of IIT (ISM) General Council|url=http://iitism.ac.in/index.php/governing_body/general_council|website=Indian Institute Of Technology (Indian School Of Mines), Dhanbad|accessdate=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911204422/http://iitism.ac.in/index.php/governing_body/general_council#|archive-date=2017-09-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He is a Council Member of the Indian Institute of Metals and the Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India. He is an Executive Council Member of Indian Institute of Mineral Engineering.<ref>{{cite web|title=Executive Council|url=http://www.iimeindia.com/newlook/executive.asp|website=IIME India, Mineral Technology|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> He was honoured as a fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers in Coal and Mineral Processing Specialization.<ref>http://www.inae.in/fellows_sec_1.html#SECTION-VIII{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>

== Honours and awards==

*National Mineral Award Govt. of India, 1978
*Indranil Award, Mining Geological & Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI), 1983
*National Metallurgist's Day Award, Govt. of India in 1985,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iim-india.net/images/31_12_2012_NMD_Awards_Winners.pdf|title=National Metallurgist's Day Award, 1985|access-date=2013-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909210306/http://iim-india.net/images/31_12_2012_NMD_Awards_Winners.pdf#|archive-date=2013-09-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> for the work carried out in coal washeries, industrial hydrocyclones and comminution circuits.
*Pandit Lajja Shankar Jha, Award, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, 1990
*Mining Engineering Design Award, The Institution of Engineers (I), 1987
*IIME (Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers) Coal Beneficiation Award, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iimeindia.com/newlook/awards.asp|title=IIME India,Mineral Technology|website=www.iimeindia.com}}</ref>
*Distinguished Scientist Award, Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology, 2000.
*Basant Samman Award, 2007 .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ismaa.in/ismaa-basant-samman-2007.php|title=Basant Samman Award|access-date=2013-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004043106/http://www.ismaa.in/ismaa-basant-samman-2007.php#|archive-date=2013-10-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Coal Preparation Innovation Award, Coal Preparation Society of India - 2013
*Australian Alumni Award-2015, for Outstanding Achievement in Science &Technology by Australian Alumni Association –India- 2015.
*At the XVII International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2018) on 10 October 2018, Prof. Rao was conferred the honour of ''"Father of (Indian) Mineral Engineering"''. The citation read "In recognition and appreciation of immense contributions to the mineral and coal processing education, research and industry in an illustrious career... ".<ref>MEI Blog. Wednesday 17 October 2018. http://min-eng.blogspot.com/2018/10/its-official-prof-tc-rao-is-father-of.html Accessed 17 December 2018.</ref>

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