H. R. Chandrasekhar
Holalkere Rangarao Chandrasekhar, known as "Chandra", was a professor of physics, department chair and director of graduate studies at the University of Missouri. He is an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a past consultant to the United Nations Development under the TOKTEN project.
Early life
Chandrasekhar was born at Holalkere,a small hamlet in Chitradurga district, Karnataka to father H. V. Rangarao and mother D. Radhamma. His father was the local auditor and the Shanubhogue of Chirnahalli and Kudinirkatte. He was a well-known astrologer.Honors
- 1996-97: Visiting research scholar, department of physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 ;
- Visiting research professor, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson.
- 1993: Consultant to India under the Transfer of Knowledge program sponsored by the United Nations Development Program.
- 1980-1984: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship. One of twenty-one physicists selected in National Competition on the basis of "exceptional potential to make creative contributions to scientific knowledge in the early stages of career".