CNR Rao first Indian elected to Chinese Academy of Science

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CNR Rao first Indian elected to Chinese Academy of Science - Rediff.com India News

Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Prof C N R Rao has become the first Indian scientist to be elected as honorary foreign member of Chinese Academy of Science.
"Prof Rao is the first Indian Scientist to be elected to this prestigious academy,prestigious academy which consists of several Nobel laureates and eminent scientists of the world," Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, of which Rao is a founder and honorary President, said.

Stating that Rao, awarded the Bharat Ratna last week, was elected by CAS at its General Assembly held on November 4, the Centre said in a release that the academy had bestowed on him the prestigious Award for International Scientific Cooperation in January 2012.

It said Rao has been elected to almost all scientific academies of the world including The Royal Society-London, ationalAcademy of Science-USA, Pontifical Academy of Science, JapanAcademy and RoyalSpanishAcademy of Sciences, among others.

He has also been conferred 60 Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorates) by various universities across the globe, it added.

 

[SirHatesALot]

What's his IQ?

 

[Jade]

The tragedy is many of the discoveries based on his finding have got Nobel prizes, but he has not got one, in spite of being nominated many times

What's his IQ?

Let us not go into IQs make it a troll thread.

 

[Raphael]

amartya sen should be elected to social sciences academy too.

 

[OrionHunter]

The tragedy is many of the discoveries based on his finding have got Nobel prizes, but he has not got one, in spite of being nominated many times

Politics my dear friend, politics. The backdoor wheelings and dealings that go on for these top awards are mind boggling, and that includes the Oscars too!

 

[RPK]

Politics my dear friend, politics. The backdoor wheelings and dealings that go on for these top awards are mind boggling, and that includes the Oscars too!

Even for bharat ratna too. you will get my point, all became pony awards

 

[Fattyacids]

The tragedy is many of the discoveries based on his finding have got Nobel prizes, but he has not got one, in spite of being nominated many times
Let us not go into IQs make it a troll thread.

And the comedy is Rao's fellow non-scientist countrymen haven't found out that, unlike peace prize, nobel prize in all science has no official nomination list. The names of shortlisted candidates are not published either.

 

[Jade]

And the comedy is Rao's fellow non-scientist countrymen haven't found out that, unlike peace prize, nobel prize in all science has no official nomination list. The names of shortlisted candidates are not published either.

But the bigger comedy is that there are enough non official ways to know who has been nominated.

 

[Fattyacids]

But the bigger comedy is that there are enough non official ways to know who has been nominated.

Delusions of grandeur is the biggest comedy of all. Simply because it is devoid of logic and burden of proof.