Barry Ramachandra Rao
(1922-2005)
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Barry Ramachandra Rao (21 November 1922 – 24 September 2005) was an Indian space physicist and the vice chairman of the University Grants Commission of India. Known for his pioneering research in radio physics, Rao was a Member of Parliament of the Rajya Sabha and an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Sciences, India. 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 for his contributions to Physical Sciences in 1965.
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21 November 1922 Yalamanchili, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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| Died |
24 September 2005 (aged 82) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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