A short CV of 'Padma Shree' Dr Paul Ratnasamy

Dr Paul Ratnasamy was a PhD student of Rev. Fr. LM Yeddannapalli and here is his career history.

Dr. Paul Ratnasamy was born on June 11, 1942. He had his higher education (B.Sc. 1961, M.Sc., 1963 and Ph.D., 1967) at Loyola College, Madras. He subsequently joined the Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, New York as a Post doctoral fellow with Prof. D. Rosenthal (1967-69) and then moved to the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium as a research associate under Prof. J.J. Friplat (1969-72).

Before joining NCL in 1979, he spent few years at Indian institute of Petroleum, Dehra Dun and one year at the University of Munchen as a Senior Humboldt Fellowto work with Prof. H. Knozinger. He established the Catalysis Division at NCL in 1980 and was its Head until he took over as the Director in 1996. He stepped down on his superannuation in June 2002.

Dr Ratnasamy has made substantial contributions to both fundamental research and the application of catalysis. His research has resulted in the publication of over 160 papers in international journals and about 125 patent applications (Including 35 granted outside India). He has supervised the thesis of 20 Ph.D. Students.

Dr. Ratnasamy has received several honours in his career. These include the Vasvik Award in 1982, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1984 in Engineering Sciences, K. G. Nalk Gold Medal in 1989, Bangur Memorial Award in 1989, Om Prakash Bhasin Award in 1992 and Viswakarrna Medal by the Indian National Academy in 1994, The President of India Honored Dr Ratnasamy with Padma Shree in 2001. Dr. Ratnasamy is a member of all the distinguished academies in science in India and the Third World Academy of Science, Trieste, Italy. More recently, Dr. Ratnasamy has been honored with the Srinivasa Ramanujam Research Professorship of the Indian National Science Academy for the period 2004-2009.

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