CNR Rao first Asian scientist to win Von Hippel award for excellence in material research!

Q.  Who is the first Asian scientist to be chosen for the Von Hippel Award for materials research?
- Published on 26 Sep 17

a. MS Swaminathan
b. CNR Rao
c. Amartya Sen
d. CV Raman

ANSWER: CNR Rao
 
CNR Rao first Asian scientist to win Von Hippel award for excellence in material research!Eminent scientist, Professor C.N.R Rao, has become the first Asian to be chosen for the prestigious Von Hippel Award for his immense contribution in materials research.

The award is the US-based Materials Research Society’s (MRS) highest honour.

It recognises “those qualities most prized by materials scientists and engineers - brilliance and originality of intellect, combined with vision that transcends the boundaries of conventional scientific disciplines,”.

The award citation noted Mr. Rao’s immense work on:
  • novel functional materials, including nanomaterials (having particles of nanoscale dimensions), graphene (the strongest and thinnest material)
  • 2D materials,
  • superconductivity, and
  • colossal magnetoresistance (change in electrical resistance of a material in a magnetic field).
The award will be presented in Boston on November 29, during an MRS meeting, according to a release issued by the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research here of which Mr. Rao, a Bharat Ratna awardee, is the founder president.

The award includes a cash prize, trophy and a diploma.

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