K. Swaminathan (brother) Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi (brother) Madhav Sharma (nephew)
Awards
1961 Padma Bhushan
1975 INSA Professor TR Seshadri Medal
ICS PC Ray Medal
Scientific career
Fields
Organic chemistry
Institutions
National Chemical Laboratory
University of Mumbai
University Department
of Chemical Technology
Forman Christian College
Doctoral advisor
Robert Robinson
Doctoral students
B. D. Tilak
Nitya Anand
A. V. Rama Rao
Krishnaswami Venkataraman FNA, FASc, FNASc, FRSC (7 June 1901 – 12 May 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, Prussian Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, and the Indian National Science Academy. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1961.[1]
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