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| name = Vadapalli Chandrasekhar<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|11|6}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
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| residence = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India<br />
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| fields = {{ublist | [[Bioorganic chemistry]] | [[Supramolecular chemistry]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited]] | [[IIT Kanpur]] [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] | [[National Institute of Science Education and Research]] | [[University of Calgary]] | [[University of Göttingen]] | [[University of Tsukuba]] | [[University of Würzburg]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Osmania University]] | [[Indian Institute of Science]] | [[University of Massachusetts, Amherst]] }}<br />
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| S. S. Krishnamurthy | Robert R. Holmes }}<br />
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| known_for = Studies on the chemistry of inorganic clusters and rings<br />
| awards = {{ublist | 1989&nbsp;[[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Young Scientist Medal | 2002&nbsp;[[Chemical Research Society of India|CRSI]] Bronze Medal | 2003&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 2003&nbsp;[[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation|AvHF]] Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bessel Award | 2011&nbsp;[[Chemical Research Society of India|CRSI]] Silver Medal }}<br />
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'''Vadapalli Chandrasekhar''' (born 1958) is an Indian organometallic chemist and the centre director of the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad]].<ref name="Vadapalli Chandrasekhar">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tifrh.res.in/~vc/ |title=Vadapalli Chandrasekhar}}</ref> He is known for his studies on the chemistry of inorganic clusters and rings<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=423 |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 National Science Academy]]<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P08-1458 |title=Indian fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> [[National Academy of Sciences, India]],<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=C |title=NASI fellows |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India}}</ref> [[The World Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="TWAS fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/member/chandrasekhar-vadapalli |title=TWAS fellow |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}</ref> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Bhattacharya,_Prof._Santanu |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=12 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 2003, 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 />
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Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, born on 6 November 1958 in [[Kolkata]], in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], graduated in chemistry in 1975 and completed his post graduate studies in 1977 at [[Osmania University]] before enrolling for doctoral studies at [[Indian Institute of Science]] under the guidance of S. S. Krishnamurthy.<ref name="Biography">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/sites/default/files/member/vc-cv-2015.pdf |title=Biography |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}</ref> After securing a PhD in 1982, he moved to the [[University of Massachusetts, Amherst]] in 1983 and completed his post-doctoral studies at the laboratory of Robert R. Holmes in 1986. He returned to India the same year and started his career as a senior research officer at [[Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited]] but his stay there lasted only one year.<ref name="Profile summary">{{Cite web |url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~vc/ |title=Profile summary |date=2016 |publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> In 1987, he joined [[IIT Kanpur]]<ref name="Vadapalli Chandrasekhar on IITK">{{Cite web |url=http://iitk.ac.in/new/vadapalli-chandrasekhar |title=Vadapalli Chandrasekhar on IITK |date=2016 |publisher=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> as an assistant professor to commence a service which would extend till 2012; during this period, he held various positions such as that of an associate professor (1991–1995), professor (1995–), head of the department of chemistry (2008–2010) and dean of faculty affairs (2011–2012). His next move was to [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] at their [[Hyderabad]] research station as a senior professor and dean and in 2014, he shifted to [[National Institute of Science Education and Research]] where he serves as the director.<ref name="Vadapalli Chandrasekhar" /> He has also served as a visiting faculty or fellow at various institutions such as [[University of Calgary]], [[University of Göttingen]], [[University of Tsukuba]], and [[University of Würzburg]].<ref name="Biography" /><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Chandrasekhar's researches on the chemistry of inorganic clusters and rings are reported have led to a better understanding about a number of synthetic and structural problems.<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}}</ref> He is known to have worked extensively on developing new protocols for synthesizing the assembly of [[organotin]] clusters, multi-metal assemblies, cages and [[supramolecule]]s as well as on inorganic-cored starburst molecules and polymeric [[ligands]].<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He developed many new courses at under-graduate and graduate levels at IIT Kanpur<ref name="Indian fellow" /> and his teaching materials during this period have been compiled as a book, ''Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers''.<ref name="Chandrasekhar2005">{{cite book|author=Vadapalli Chandrasekhar|title=Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HALKJWUjGfYC|date=5 December 2005|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-540-26215-2}}</ref> He has also contributed chapters to books authored/edited by others<ref name="AllenLoakes2016">{{cite book|author1=David W. Allen|author2=David Loakes|author3=John C. Tebby|title=Organophosphorus Chemistry: Volume 45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KK_CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA375|date=15 March 2016|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|isbn=978-1-78262-433-2|pages=375–}}</ref><ref name="GleriaJaeger2004">{{cite book|author1=Mario Gleria|author2=Roger De Jaeger|title=Phosphazenes: A Worldwide Insight|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NCPjd5_pGCYC&pg=PA827|year=2004|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59033-423-2|pages=827–}}</ref> and has published several peer-reviewed articles; the online repository of the Indian Academy of Sciences has listed 132 of them.<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Chandrasekhar=3AVadapalli=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref><br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
Chandrasekhar, a Lalit Kapoor Chair Professor at IIT Kanpur during 2006–09,<ref name="Biography" /> received the Young Scientist Medal of the Indian National Science Academy in 1989<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 the CRSI Bronze Medal Medal of the [[Chemical Research Society of India]] in 2002;<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}}</ref> CRSI would honor him again with the Silver Medal in 2011.<ref name="CRSI Slver Medal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.crsi.org.in/index.php/crsi-awards/year-2011 |title=CRSI Silver Medal |date=2016 |publisher=Chemical Research Society of India}}</ref> The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2003.<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 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012851/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | archive-date=12 September 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The same year, he received the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bessel Award of the [[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation]].<ref name="Biography" /> Holder of J. C. Bose National Fellowship of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] in 2007 and Homi Bhabha Fellowship during 1999–2000,<ref name="TWAS Elects Fifty New Members">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/article/twas-elects-fifty-new-members |title=TWAS Elects Fifty New Members |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}</ref> he was elected as a fellow by the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 2003<ref name="Fellow profile" /> and he became an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] in 2007<ref name="NASI fellows" /> and [[The World Academy of Sciences]] in 2009.<ref name="TWAS fellow" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Organotin]]<br />
* [[Supramolecule]]<br />
* [[Ligands]]<br />
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