Srinivasan Sampath (born 1961) is an Indian electrochemist, nanotechnologist and a professor of the department of chemistry at

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute was ...

. He is known for his studies on

supercapacitors A supercapacitor (SC), also called an ultracapacitor, is a high-capacity capacitor, with a capacitance value much higher than other capacitors but with lower voltage limits. It bridges the gap between electrolytic capacitors and rechargeabl ...

and nano bimetallics. He is an elected fellow of the

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and the

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. The

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, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2006, for his contributions to chemical sciences.

Biography

Srinivasan Sampath, born on 25 February 1961, is a professor at the department of chemistry at the

where he is involved in researches on the interfacial properties of materials and surfaces. He is reported to have done extensive work on the development of supercapacitors and nano bimetallics as well as on the investigation of their applications. He has documented his researches in several peer-reviewed articles; the online article repository of the Indian Academy of Sciences has listed 78 f them. He received the Bronze Medal of the

Chemical Research Society of India Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) is an India based scientific society dedicated to field of chemistry. It was established in 1999 as a part of celebrating India's 50th anniversary of independence. C. N. R. Rao Chintamani Nagesa Ra ...

in 2005 The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2006 He was elected as a fellow by the

in 2009 and he became an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sampath, Srinivasan Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Chemical Science 1961 births Indian scientific authors Scientists from Bangalore Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences 20th-century Indian chemists Living people Academic staff of the Indian Institute of Science Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy Electrochemists Indian nanotechnologists

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