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Krishnaswami Venkataraman FRS, (1901–1981), popularly known as KV, was an Indian organic chemist and the first Indian director at National Chemical Laboratory (NCL Pune) and University Department of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (UDCT). He was known for the demonstration of an organic chemical reaction involving 2-acetoxyacetophenones which later came to be known as the Baker–Venkataraman rearrangement and for his contributions in developing NCL into one of the leading research centres in organic chemistry. He was an elected fellow of several science academies which included the Royal Society of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, USSR Academy of Sciences, Chemical Society, Prussian Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, and Indian National Science Academy. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1961.
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7 June 1901 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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1981 (aged 79)
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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