12/03/2019
The chief guest for 16th March function will be Dr.Raghunath Mashelkar.
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, also known as Ramesh Mashelkar, (born on 1 January 1943) is an Indian chemical engineer and a former Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a chain of 38 publicly funded industrial research and development institutions in India. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), and Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE)
He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and also of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet set up by successive governments. He chaired twelve committees established to examine a variety of issues including higher education, national fuel policy, the drug regulatory system and the agriculture research system.
List of awards Bestowed upon Dr.Mashelkar :-
Mashelkar has received over fifty awards and honorary doctorates and is a member of numerous scientific bodies and committees.[22]
1982 – Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
1991 – Padma Shri India's fourth highest civilian award.
1996 – Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
1998 – Fellow of the Royal Society.
2000 – IND Padma Bhushan BAR.png Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award.
2003 – Foreign Fellow of US National Academy of Engineering
2005 – Foreign Associate of National Academy of Science (USA)
2005 – Business Week Star of Asia
2008 – Foreign Fellow of Australian Technological Science and Engineering Academy
2011 – Associate Foreign Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2013 – Gomant Vibhushan Award, the highest civilian honour of the state of Goa.[24]
2014 – IND Padma Vibhushan BAR.png Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.[25]
2017 – First Indian to be elected as a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI), US
2017 – Corresponding Member of Australian Academy of Sciences
