Naba Kishore Ray (1940- 2013)
was an Indian theoretical and computational chemist, known for his studies on structure of molecules.
Born on 5 December 1940 in the Indian state of
Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...
,
he studied molecules using molecular orbital and floating spherical gaussian orbital methods and his work on the nature of electron density and momentum distribution in atoms and molecules as well as molecular reactivitity on surfaces are reported to have widened the understanding of the subjects.
The
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
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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, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1983, for his contributions to chemical sciences.
See also
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Theoretical chemistry
Theoretical chemistry is the branch of chemistry which develops theoretical generalizations that are part of the theoretical arsenal of modern chemistry: for example, the concepts of chemical bonding, chemical reaction, valence, the surface ...
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Computational chemistry
Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computer simulations to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses methods of theoretical chemistry incorporated into computer programs to calculate the structures and properties of mol ...
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Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Chemical Science
1940 births
Scientists from Odisha
Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences
20th-century Indian chemists
Academic staff of the Indian Institute of Science
Indian theoretical chemists
Indian computational chemists
2013 deaths