Kalya Jagannath Rao

Kalya Jagannath Rao
Born	(1940-12-07)December 7, 1940 Kalya, Karnataka, India
Residence	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Fields	Nanomaterials, Ceramics
Institutions	National College, Bangalore National Aerospace Laboratories Indian Institute of Science
Alma mater	University of Mysore IIT Kanpur Purdue University Case Western Reserve University
Doctoral advisor	C. N. R. Rao C. A. Angell A. R. Cooper
Known for	Studies on Nanomaterials, Amorphous Materials, Ceramics
Notable awards	1984 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 1993 IACS S. R. Palit Award 1995 MRSI Materials Science Medal 1999 INSA Prize for Materials Science 2000 IISc Alumni Research Award 2000 UoB1 Gold Medal for Research 2001 CRSI Silver Medal 2002 MRSI Distinguished Materials Scientist 2005 ISCAS Life Time Achievement Award 2006 Ordre des Palmes Académiques 2007 Sir M. Visweswaraiah Award

Kalya Jagannath Rao, popularly known as K. J. Rao (born 1940), is an Indian physical chemist and an Emeritus professor at the Indian Institute of Science. He is known for his researches on nanomaterials, amorphous Materials and ceramics and is an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy,National Academy of Sciences, India, International Academy of Ceramics, Asia Pacific Academy of Materials and World Innovation Foundation and the Indian Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1984, for his contributions to chemical sciences. He is also a recipient of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques of the Government of France.

Jagannatha Rao, born on 7 December 1940 to Kalya Bheemanna and Nagamma at Kalya, a village in the south Indian state of Karnataka, passed BSc hons in 1960 from the University of Mysore and followed it up with MSc in physical chemistry from the same university in 1961. The same year, he joined National College, Bangalore as a lecturer at their chemistry department and worked there till 1964 before enrolling at IIT Kanpur for his doctoral studies under the guidance of renowned chemist, C. N. R. Rao, a Bharat Ratna laureate. He secured a PhD in 1967 and continued his post-doctoral studies under the same mentor till 1972. Moving to the US, he also worked under C. A. Angell at Purdue University and with A. R. Cooper at Case Western Reserve University. Returning to India in 1972, he joined National Aerospace Laboratories where he worked till 1978 when he became associated with the Indian Institute of Science as a professor at the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit. He worked at the Unit till his superannuation and post-retirement, serves as an Emeritus professor and Ramanna Senior fellow there.

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