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'''Nanduri Atchuta Ramaiah''' (born 1923) is an Indian physical chemist, sugar technologist and the director of [[National Sugar Institute]], Kanpur.<ref name="Atchuta Ramaiah Nanduri on Relationship Science">{{cite web | url=http://relationshipscience.com/atchuta-ramaiah-nanduri-p4357875 | title=Atchuta Ramaiah Nanduri on Relationship Science | publisher=Relationship Science | date=2016 | access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> He was the founder director of Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune and was known for his studies on physicochemical processes involved in the processing of sugarcane juice which assisted in developing cost effective manufacturing techniques.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=253 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> He was an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]], the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] and the [[Royal Institute of Chemistry]].<ref name="Indian fellow">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N70-0599 | title=Indian fellow | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=5 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 1966, 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=5 October 2016}}</ref>
'''Nanduri Atchuta Ramaiah''' (born 26 August 1923) is an Indian physical chemist, sugar technologist and the director of [[National Sugar Institute]], Kanpur.<ref name="Atchuta Ramaiah Nanduri on Relationship Science">{{cite web | url=http://relationshipscience.com/atchuta-ramaiah-nanduri-p4357875 | title=Atchuta Ramaiah Nanduri on Relationship Science | publisher=Relationship Science | date=2016 | access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> He was the founder director of Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune and was known for his studies on physicochemical processes involved in the processing of sugarcane juice which assisted in developing cost effective manufacturing techniques.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=253 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> He was an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]], the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] and the [[Royal Institute of Chemistry]].<ref name="Indian fellow">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N70-0599 | title=Indian fellow | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=5 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 1966, 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=5 October 2016}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
N. A. Ramaiah, born on 26 August 1923 in the south Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], passed his master's degree from [[Banaras Hindu University]] and continued there to secure a PhD; his thesis for the doctoral degree was on ''the origin of triggering electrons for electric discharge in electrode-less ozone tubes''.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> His career started at his alma mater where he joined as a member of faculty but, later, shifted to the [[University of Delhi]]. In 1956, joining Government of India service, he began an association with the [[National Sugar Institute]], Kanpur (NSI) which would last almost a quarter  of a century. Starting as a professor of physical chemistry, he became the director of the institution in 1974 and stayed there till his superannuation in 1981. When the Sugar Industry Enquiry Commission was constituted by the Union Government in 1969, he was made the secretary of the commission and he stayed at the assignment, on deputation from NSI, till 1974.<ref name="Sugar Industry Enquiry Commission, 1974">{{cite book | url=http://dfpd.nic.in/writereaddata/images/pdf/sugar/Report.pdf | title=Sugar Industry Enquiry Commission, 1974 | author=Government of India  | year=1974 | pages=9 of 373}}</ref> [[Vasantdada Patil]] and his comrades, [[Shankarrao Mohite-Patil]], Vishwanath Anna Kore, [[Ratnappa Kumbhar|Ratnappa Anna Kumbhar]], [[Yashwantrao Mohite]] and Shankarrao Kolhe, founded the ''Deccan Sugar Institute'' in 1975<ref name="Genesis">{{cite web | url=http://www.vsisugar.com/india/organisation/genesis.htm | title=Genesis | publisher=Vasantdada Sugar Institute | date=2016 | access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> and his association with them during the tenancy of the commission gave him an opportunity to join them as the director of the institute in 1981.{{Refn|group=note|Deccan Sugar Institute has since been renamed as Vasantdada Sugar Institute}}
N. A. Ramaiah, born on 26 August 1923 in the south Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], passed his master's degree from [[Banaras Hindu University]] and continued there to secure a PhD; his thesis for the doctoral degree was on ''the origin of triggering electrons for electric discharge in electrode-less ozone tubes''.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> His career started at his alma mater where he joined as a member of faculty but, later, shifted to the [[University of Delhi]]. In 1956, joining Government of India service, he began an association with the [[National Sugar Institute]], Kanpur (NSI) which would last almost a quarter  of a century. Starting as a professor of physical chemistry, he became the director of the institution in 1974 and stayed there till his superannuation in 1981. When the Sugar Industry Enquiry Commission was constituted by the Union Government in 1969, he was made the secretary of the commission and he stayed at the assignment, on deputation from NSI, till 1974.<ref name="Sugar Industry Enquiry Commission, 1974">{{cite book | url=http://dfpd.nic.in/writereaddata/images/pdf/sugar/Report.pdf | title=Sugar Industry Enquiry Commission, 1974 | year=1974 | pages=9 of 373}}</ref> [[Vasantdada Patil]] and his comrades, [[Shankarrao Mohite-Patil]], Vishwanath Anna Kore, [[Ratnappa Kumbhar|Ratnappa Anna Kumbhar]], [[Yashwantrao Mohite]] and Shankarrao Kolhe, founded the ''Deccan Sugar Institute'' in 1975<ref name="Genesis">{{cite web | url=http://www.vsisugar.com/india/organisation/genesis.htm | title=Genesis | publisher=Vasantdada Sugar Institute | date=2016 | access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> and his association with them during the tenancy of the commission gave him an opportunity to join them as the director of the institute in 1981.{{Refn|group=note|Deccan Sugar Institute has since been renamed as Vasantdada Sugar Institute}}


Ramaiah's researches during his doctoral studies were on electron triggering and his concept of a mechanism for originating the trigger earned him an invitation to take part in the first International Ozone Conference held in Chicago in 1956.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> Later, he shifted his focus to the physicochemical reactions involved in resolving the color issues during sugarcane processing.<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 | access-date=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> The [[sugar industry in India]], in those days, resorted to excessive use of sulphur for clarifying sugarcane juice and the chemical being a scarce commodity in India, had to face escalating cost for the processing. Ramaiah developed several analytical methodologies for color assessment and for the production of active carbon which assisted the industry to lessen their dependence on sulphur, thereby making the processing more cost effective.<ref>{{cite book|title=Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axruOYEviIYC&pg=PA229|date=1 January 1967|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-08-056280-3|pages=229–}}</ref> The protocols developed by him have since become industry-standards.<ref name="Indian fellow" />
Ramaiah's researches during his doctoral studies were on electron triggering and his concept of a mechanism for originating the trigger earned him an invitation to take part in the first International Ozone Conference held in Chicago in 1956.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> Later, he shifted his focus to the physicochemical reactions involved in resolving the color issues during sugarcane processing.<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 | access-date=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> The [[sugar industry in India]], in those days, resorted to excessive use of sulphur for clarifying sugarcane juice and the chemical being a scarce commodity in India, had to face escalating cost for the processing. Ramaiah developed several analytical methodologies for color assessment and for the production of active carbon which assisted the industry to lessen their dependence on sulphur, thereby making the processing more cost effective.<ref>{{cite book|title=Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axruOYEviIYC&pg=PA229|date=1 January 1967|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-08-056280-3|pages=229–}}</ref> The protocols developed by him have since become industry-standards.<ref name="Indian fellow" />


Ramaiah has written extensively on sugar technology<ref name="Caturvedī2004">{{cite book|author=Praveśa Caturvedī|title=Experiences in cane sugar manufacturing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzIOeuSynW8C&pg=PR3|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Regency Publications|isbn=978-81-87498-12-4|pages=3–}}</ref> by way of over 325 articles, many of them published in peer-reviewed journals{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography section}} and his articles have been cited by others.<ref name="AmjadDemadis2015">{{cite book|author1=Zahid Amjad|author2=Konstantinos D. Demadis|title=Mineral Scales and Deposits: Scientific and Technological Approaches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxCdBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA637|date=21 May 2015|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-0-444-62752-0|pages=637–}}</ref><ref name="MassonLutz2013">{{cite book|author1=M.R. Masson|author2=H.D. Lutz|author3=B. Engelen|title=Sulfites, Selenites & Tellurites|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H0cXBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA193|date=22 October 2013|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-1-4832-8643-3|pages=193–}}</ref><ref name="Furia1973">{{cite book|author=Thomas E. Furia|title=CRC Handbook of Food Additives, Second Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XcSp015g4X0C&pg=PA294|date=2 January 1973|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-8493-0542-9|pages=294–}}</ref> He has mentored 23 doctoral students in their studies and has trained many sugar industry professionals.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He sat on the Board of Directors of the World Sugar Research Organization (WSRO) from 1981 to 1985 and has been involved in performance-improvement measures taken by WSRO in various countries. While serving as the chair of the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research|ICAR]] Committee, he prepared a project report for the manufacture of [[ethanol]] from sugarcane in which he proposed the use of ethanol as [[motor fuel]].<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He served as the president of Walkers Club, [[Visakhapatanam]], the city chapter of Walkers International<ref name="Past presidents">{{cite web | url=http://walkersclubvisakhapatnam.com/PastPresidents.html | title=Past presidents | publisher=Walkers Club, Visakhapatanam | date=2016 | access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> and is a life member of [[Indian Chemical Society]] and the Sugar Technologists' Association of India.<ref name="Indian fellow" />
Ramaiah has written extensively on sugar technology<ref name="Caturvedī2004">{{cite book|author=Praveśa Caturvedī|title=Experiences in cane sugar manufacturing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzIOeuSynW8C&pg=PR3|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Regency Publications|isbn=978-81-87498-12-4|pages=3–}}</ref> by way of over 325 articles, many of them published in peer-reviewed journals{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and his articles have been cited by others.<ref name="AmjadDemadis2015">{{cite book|author1=Zahid Amjad|author2=Konstantinos D. Demadis|title=Mineral Scales and Deposits: Scientific and Technological Approaches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxCdBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA637|date=21 May 2015|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-0-444-62752-0|pages=637–}}</ref><ref name="MassonLutz2013">{{cite book|author1=M.R. Masson|author2=H.D. Lutz|author3=B. Engelen|title=Sulfites, Selenites & Tellurites|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H0cXBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA193|date=22 October 2013|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-1-4832-8643-3|pages=193–}}</ref><ref name="Furia1973">{{cite book|author=Thomas E. Furia|title=CRC Handbook of Food Additives, Second Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XcSp015g4X0C&pg=PA294|date=2 January 1973|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-8493-0542-9|pages=294–}}</ref> He has mentored 23 doctoral students in their studies and has trained many sugar industry professionals.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He sat on the Board of Directors of the World Sugar Research Organization (WSRO) from 1981 to 1985 and has been involved in performance-improvement measures taken by WSRO in various countries. While serving as the chair of the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research|ICAR]] Committee, he prepared a project report for the manufacture of [[ethanol]] from sugarcane in which he proposed the use of ethanol as [[motor fuel]].<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He served as the president of Walkers Club, [[Visakhapatanam]], the city chapter of Walkers International<ref name="Past presidents">{{cite web | url=http://walkersclubvisakhapatnam.com/PastPresidents.html | title=Past presidents | publisher=Walkers Club, Visakhapatanam | date=2016 | access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> and is a life member of [[Indian Chemical Society]] and the Sugar Technologists' Association of India.<ref name="Indian fellow" />


== Awards and honors ==
== Awards and honors ==
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== Selected bibliography ==
== Selected bibliography ==
* {{cite journal | title=A Note on Secondary Processes in a Low-Frequency Electrodeless Discharge |author1=O P Dogra |author2=M G Bhatawdekar |author3=N A Ramaiah | journal=Proceedings of the Physical Society | year=1953 | volume=66 | issue=5 | pages=431 | doi=10.1088/0370-1301/66/5/115|bibcode=1953PPSB...66..431D }}
* {{cite journal |title=A Note on Secondary Processes in a Low-Frequency Electrodeless Discharge |author1=O P Dogra |author2=M G Bhatawdekar |author3=N A Ramaiah |journal=Proceedings of the Physical Society |year=1953 |volume=66 |issue=5 |pages=431 |doi=10.1088/0370-1301/66/5/115 |bibcode=1953PPSB...66..431D}}
* {{cite journal | title=Comparative studies of alternating and direct current polarography: Effect of pH | author=N. A. RamaiahS. K. D. Agarwal | journal=Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences | year=1956 | volume=44 | issue=2 | pages=83–89 | doi=10.1007/BF03048805| s2cid=92764307 }}
* {{cite journal |title=Comparative studies of alternating and direct current polarography: Effect of concentration |author1=N. A. Ramaiah |author2=S. K. D. Agarwal |journal=Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences |date=July 1956 |volume=44 |pages=25–35 |doi=10.1007/BF03051862 |s2cid=92195392}}
* {{cite journal | title=Comparative Studies of Alternating and Direct Current Polarography : Effect of Concentration | author=N.A. Ramaiah, S.K.D. Agarwal | journal=Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences | year=1956 | volume=44 | pages=25–35}}
* {{cite journal |title=Comparative studies of alternating and direct current polarography: Effect of pH |author1=N. A. Ramaiah |author2=S. K. D. Agarwal |journal=Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences |date=August 1956 |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=83–89 |doi=10.1007/BF03048805| s2cid=92764307}}
* {{cite journal | title=Studies on irreversible polarographic reduction of Brilliant Green |author1=N. A. Ramaiah |author2=S. S. Katiyar | journal=Bull. Natl. -Inst. Sci. (India) | year=1965 | volume=29 | issue=267}}
* {{cite journal |title=Studies on irreversible polarographic reduction of Brilliant Green |author1=N. A. Ramaiah |author2=S. S. Katiyar |journal=Bull. Natl. -Inst. Sci. (India) |year=1965 |volume=29 |issue=267}}
* {{cite web | title=KInetic Studies on Caramelization of Reducing Sugars | publisher=National Sugar Institut | work=Article (full text) | date=1968 |author1=N. A. Ramaiah |author2=M. B. Kuma}}
* {{cite web |title=KInetic Studies on Caramelization of Reducing Sugars |publisher=National Sugar Institute |date=1968 |author1=N. A. Ramaiah |author2=M. B. Kuma |s2cid=29800379 |url=http://issct.org/pdf/proceedings/1968/1968%20Ramaiah%20Kinetic%20Studies%20on%20Caramelisation%20of%20Reducing%20S.pdf}} {{dead link|date=October 2022}}
* {{cite journal | url=http://docplayer.net/14958572-N-a-ramaiah-deccan-sugar-institute-pune-india-and.html | title=Determination of Factors relating to Automation for Boiling of Low Grade Massecuites in Plantation White Sugar Industry (full text) |author1=N. A. Ramaiah |author2=G. N. Acharya |author3=P. Kapur | journal=Deccan Sugar Institute | year=2016}}
* {{cite journal |url=http://docplayer.net/14958572-N-a-ramaiah-deccan-sugar-institute-pune-india-and.html |title=Determination of Factors relating to Automation for Boiling of Low Grade Massecuites in Plantation White Sugar Industry (full text) |author1=N. A. Ramaiah |author2=G. N. Acharya |author3=P. Kapur |journal=Deccan Sugar Institute |year=2016}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Shankarrao Mohite-Patil]]
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000957916 | title=Report of the Sugar Industry Enquiry Commission, 1974 | publisher=Ministry of Agriculture | work=Commission report | date=1974 | access-date=9 November 2016 | author=392}}
* {{cite book | url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000957916 | title=Report of the Sugar Industry Enquiry Commission, 1974 | publisher=Ministry of Agriculture | work=Commission report | date=1974 | access-date=9 November 2016}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.geni.com/people/Achuta-Ramaiah-Nanduri/6000000017566181331 | title=Achuta Ramaiah Nanduri | publisher=Geni | work=Family tree | date=2016 | access-date=9 November 2016}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.geni.com/people/Achuta-Ramaiah-Nanduri/6000000017566181331 | title=Achuta Ramaiah Nanduri | publisher=Geni | work=Family tree | date=2016 | access-date=9 November 2016}}


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N. A. Ramaiah
Born (1923-08-26) 26 August 1923 (age 102)
Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma mater
Known forPhysicochemical studies on sugar processing
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Nanduri Atchuta Ramaiah (born 26 August 1923) is an Indian physical chemist, sugar technologist and the director of National Sugar Institute, Kanpur.[1] He was the founder director of Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune and was known for his studies on physicochemical processes involved in the processing of sugarcane juice which assisted in developing cost effective manufacturing techniques.[2] He was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Royal Institute of Chemistry.[3] 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 1966, for his contributions to chemical sciences.[4]

Biography[edit | edit source]

N. A. Ramaiah, born on 26 August 1923 in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, passed his master's degree from Banaras Hindu University and continued there to secure a PhD; his thesis for the doctoral degree was on the origin of triggering electrons for electric discharge in electrode-less ozone tubes.[3] His career started at his alma mater where he joined as a member of faculty but, later, shifted to the University of Delhi. In 1956, joining Government of India service, he began an association with the National Sugar Institute, Kanpur (NSI) which would last almost a quarter of a century. Starting as a professor of physical chemistry, he became the director of the institution in 1974 and stayed there till his superannuation in 1981. When the Sugar Industry Enquiry Commission was constituted by the Union Government in 1969, he was made the secretary of the commission and he stayed at the assignment, on deputation from NSI, till 1974.[5] Vasantdada Patil and his comrades, Shankarrao Mohite-Patil, Vishwanath Anna Kore, Ratnappa Anna Kumbhar, Yashwantrao Mohite and Shankarrao Kolhe, founded the Deccan Sugar Institute in 1975[6] and his association with them during the tenancy of the commission gave him an opportunity to join them as the director of the institute in 1981.[note 1]

Ramaiah's researches during his doctoral studies were on electron triggering and his concept of a mechanism for originating the trigger earned him an invitation to take part in the first International Ozone Conference held in Chicago in 1956.[3] Later, he shifted his focus to the physicochemical reactions involved in resolving the color issues during sugarcane processing.[7] The sugar industry in India, in those days, resorted to excessive use of sulphur for clarifying sugarcane juice and the chemical being a scarce commodity in India, had to face escalating cost for the processing. Ramaiah developed several analytical methodologies for color assessment and for the production of active carbon which assisted the industry to lessen their dependence on sulphur, thereby making the processing more cost effective.[8] The protocols developed by him have since become industry-standards.[3]

Ramaiah has written extensively on sugar technology[9] by way of over 325 articles, many of them published in peer-reviewed journals[note 2] and his articles have been cited by others.[10][11][12] He has mentored 23 doctoral students in their studies and has trained many sugar industry professionals.[3] He sat on the Board of Directors of the World Sugar Research Organization (WSRO) from 1981 to 1985 and has been involved in performance-improvement measures taken by WSRO in various countries. While serving as the chair of the ICAR Committee, he prepared a project report for the manufacture of ethanol from sugarcane in which he proposed the use of ethanol as motor fuel.[3] He served as the president of Walkers Club, Visakhapatanam, the city chapter of Walkers International[13] and is a life member of Indian Chemical Society and the Sugar Technologists' Association of India.[3]

Awards and honors[edit | edit source]

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded Ramaiah the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1966.[14] The Sugar Technologists Association of India (STAI) honored him with the Noel Deer Gold Medal and followed it up with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. He is an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Royal Institute of Chemistry.[3] A street, Atchuta Ramaiah street, in Kakinada in East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh has been named after him.[15]

Selected bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • O P Dogra; M G Bhatawdekar; N A Ramaiah (1953). "A Note on Secondary Processes in a Low-Frequency Electrodeless Discharge". Proceedings of the Physical Society. 66 (5): 431. Bibcode:1953PPSB...66..431D. doi:10.1088/0370-1301/66/5/115.
  • N. A. Ramaiah; S. K. D. Agarwal (July 1956). "Comparative studies of alternating and direct current polarography: Effect of concentration". Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. 44: 25–35. doi:10.1007/BF03051862. S2CID 92195392.
  • N. A. Ramaiah; S. K. D. Agarwal (August 1956). "Comparative studies of alternating and direct current polarography: Effect of pH". Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. 44 (2): 83–89. doi:10.1007/BF03048805. S2CID 92764307.
  • N. A. Ramaiah; S. S. Katiyar (1965). "Studies on irreversible polarographic reduction of Brilliant Green". Bull. Natl. -Inst. Sci. (India). 29 (267).
  • N. A. Ramaiah; M. B. Kuma (1968). "KInetic Studies on Caramelization of Reducing Sugars" (PDF). National Sugar Institute. S2CID 29800379. [dead link]
  • N. A. Ramaiah; G. N. Acharya; P. Kapur (2016). "Determination of Factors relating to Automation for Boiling of Low Grade Massecuites in Plantation White Sugar Industry (full text)". Deccan Sugar Institute.

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Deccan Sugar Institute has since been renamed as Vasantdada Sugar Institute
  2. ↑ Please see Selected bibliography section

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Atchuta Ramaiah Nanduri on Relationship Science". Relationship Science. 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Sugar Industry Enquiry Commission, 1974 (PDF). 1974. pp. 9 of 373.
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