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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2016) [[Padma Shri]] (1991) 
K.G. Naik Gold Medal [[VASVIK Industrial Research Award]] [[Asiatic Society]] Medal [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]] Technology Award [[Academy of Sciences for the Developing World|TWAS]] Technology Award [[Institute of Chemical Technology|UDCT]] Distinguished Alumni and Diamond Award [[Institute of Chemical Technology|ICT]] Platinum Award [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]] Business Prize [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]] Chemical Research Society Gold Medal [[Indian Science Congress|ISC]] Presidential Gold Medal Dr. [[Yellapragada Subba Rao]] Award [[Prafulla Chandra Ray|P. C. Ray]] Medal Dr. Y. Nayudamma Gold Medal [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Viswakarma Medal [[Ranbaxy]] Research Foundation Award [[FICCI]] Award
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'''Alla Venkata Rama Rao''' (born 2 April 1935) is an Indian inventor and chemist,<ref name="Dr. A. V. Rama Rao, FNA">{{cite web | url=http://www.ncl-india.org/files/AcademicProgramme/Uploads/Brochure.pdf | title=Dr. A. V. Rama Rao, FNA | publisher=NCI India | date=2015 | access-date=1 October 2015}}</ref> known for his pioneering research in the field of drug technology.<ref name="INSA profile">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N86-0943 | title=INSA profile | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2015 | access-date=30 September 2015 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812221534/http://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N86-0943 | archive-date=12 August 2016 }}</ref> He is the founder of the A. V. Rama Rao Research Foundation, a [[non governmental organization]] promoting research and doctoral studies in chemistry and Avra Laboratories, an organization dealing in intermediates and [[Active ingredient|active pharmaceutical ingredients]], used in [[therapeutics]].<ref name="AVRA Lab">{{cite web | url=http://www.avralab.com/Introduction.html | title=AVRA Lab | publisher=Avra Laboratories | date=2015 | access-date=30 September 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811142711/http://avralab.com/Introduction.html | archive-date=11 August 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Interview: Chemistry is the business">{{cite web |date=6 October 2008 |title=Interview: Chemistry is the business |url=http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2008/11/Rao_interview.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201201938/http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2008/11/Rao_interview.asp |archive-date=1 December 2008 |access-date=30 September 2015 |publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry}}</ref> An elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]],<ref name="INSA profile" /> [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="IAS Fellow">{{cite web |date=2015 |title=IAS fellow |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=R |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030329093932/http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=R |archive-date=29 March 2003 |access-date=30 September 2015 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> [[National Academy of Sciences, India]],<ref name="NASI Fellow">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=R |title=NASI Fellow |publisher=National Academy of Sciences India |date=2015 |access-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315130140/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=R |archive-date=15 March 2016 }}</ref> and [[Third World Academy of Sciences]] (TWAS), Rama Rao is a recipient of several awards such as [[TWAS]] Technology Award,<ref name="INSA profile" /> [[VASVIK Industrial Research Award]]<ref name="Chemical Sciences & Technology Award winners">{{cite web |date=2015 |title=Chemical Sciences & Technology Award winners |url=http://www.vasvik.org/chemical_sciences_&_technology.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011110509/http://www.vasvik.org/chemical_sciences_&_technology.html |archive-date=11 October 2022 |access-date=1 October 2015 |publisher=VASVIK.org}}</ref> and [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]].<ref name="Om Prakash Bhasin Award">{{cite web |date=2015 |title=Om Prakash Bhasin Award |url=http://www.opbfawards.com/engineering.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127121120/https://opbfawards.com/engineering.html |archive-date=27 November 2022 |access-date=1 October 2015 |publisher=Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Shri]] in 1991 and the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2016.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Padma Bhushan">{{Cite web |date=25 January 2016 |title=Padma Awards 2016 |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135783 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122112714/https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135783 |archive-date=22 November 2022 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref>

==Biography==
Rama Rao was born in a [[Kapu (caste)|Kapu]] family<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-31 |title=Young industrialist feted |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2017-03-31/Young-industrialist-feted/289983 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=[[The Hans India]] |language=en}}</ref> on 2 April 1935 in [[Guntur]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction">{{cite web | url=http://www.arkat-usa.org/get-file/19842/ | title=Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction | publisher=Arkat USA | date=2015 | access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref> to a government employee as one of his nine children.<ref name="I have always looked for ideas that are tough, relevant for the society and can make a name for India">{{cite web | url=http://www.moneylife.in/article/interview-with-dr-av-rama-rao-of-avra-laboratories/4981.html | title=I have always looked for ideas that are tough, relevant for the society and can make a name for India | publisher=Money Life | date=26 April 2010 | access-date=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="IAS Fellow" /> As his father had to work at various places due to frequent transfers, he stayed with his grand parents at Guntur during his school days. He graduated in chemistry (BSc) from A. C. College<ref name="I have always looked for ideas that are tough, relevant for the society and can make a name for India" /> of [[Andhra University]] in 1956 and worked for one year at his alma mater as a demonstrator,<ref name="I have always looked for ideas that are tough, relevant for the society and can make a name for India" /> before moving to Mumbai to secure his post-graduate degree in Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals from the [[Institute of Chemical Technology|UDCT]] of [[Mumbai University]] in 1960. This was followed by doctoral studies under the guidance of [[Krishnasami Venkataraman|Krishnaswami Venkataraman]], the first Indian director of the [[National Chemical Laboratory]] (NCL),<ref name="Prof.George delivers Prof.Venkataraman memorial lecture">{{cite web|url=http://hgxh.alljournal.ac.cn/cn/ch/industrynews/industrynews_view_list.aspx?id=201107120557193560 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002165354/http://hgxh.alljournal.ac.cn/cn/ch/industrynews/industrynews_view_list.aspx?id=201107120557193560 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-10-02 |title=Prof.George delivers Prof.Venkataraman memorial lecture |publisher=All Journal |date=2015 |access-date=30 September 2015 }}</ref> to obtain a PhD in 1965. He continued his research at NCL, working there as a B Grade Scientist, till 1975 when he joined [[Elias James Corey]], 1991 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, at [[Harvard University]] for a two-year stint at research along with the American organic chemist.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> He returned to India in 1977 and continued his research at NCL for another eight years.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> In 1985, he was appointed as the director of the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Technology]] (IICT) (then known as Regional Research Laboratory) where he worked till 1995.<ref name="Time line IICT">{{cite web|url=http://www.iictindia.org/(S(dtsl5ynfthe15f22pypssg45))/GProfile.aspx?opt=timeline |title=Time line IICT |publisher=Indian Institute of Chemical Technology |date=2015 |access-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118003243/http://www.iictindia.org/%28S%283grrzc45ozcazs45eelmc545%29%29/GProfile.aspx?opt=timeline |archive-date=18 November 2015 }}</ref> After his superannuation from IICT, he founded Avra Laboratories, at [[Hyderabad]], then capital of [[Andhra Pradesh]], for high-end contract research and manufacture of intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients for the medical industry. The company operates out of three centres in Hyderabad and one in [[Visakhapatanam]].<ref name="AVRA Lab" />

Rao married Hymavathy<ref name="A.V. RAMA RAO'S 70TH BIRTHDAY BASH">{{cite journal |author=Tremblay |first=Jean-François |date=25 April 2005 |title=A.V. Rama Rao's 70th Birthday Bash |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/83/i17/V-RAMA-RAOS-70th-BIRTHDAY.html |journal=Chem. Eng. News |volume=83 |issue=17 |pages=15 |doi=10.1021/cen-v083n017.p015|url-access=subscription }}</ref> during his early years at NCL and the couple has two sons, Chandra and Ramakrishna,<ref name="Interview: Chemistry is the business" /> both doctorate holders in chemistry, assisting their father at Avra Laboratories.<ref name="Management">{{cite web | url=http://www.avralab.com/management.html | title=Management | publisher=Avra Laboratories | date=2015 | access-date=30 September 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811114949/http://avralab.com/management.html | archive-date=11 August 2015 }}</ref> The family lives in Hyderabad, attending to the businesses of Avra Laboratories and Avra Synthesis, a sister concern.<ref name="AVRA Lab" /> He serves as the managing director of both companies while holding the directorship of Andhra Sugars Limited, manufacturers of industrial chemicals and supplies.<ref name="Director information">{{cite web | url=http://corporatedir.com/officer/01341232 | title=Director information | publisher=Corporate Dir | date=2015 | access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Rao's research, in the beginning, was focused on synthetic dyes and advanced studies on plant and insect pigments.<ref name="INSA profile" /> His elucidation of the structure of the [[Lac (resin)|lac]] dye as a composition of four different constituents, A, B, C and D variants of the Laccaic acid was one of his early achievements.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> Working further on the biogenetic origin of the product, he explored other insect pigments such as [[kermesic acid]], erythrolaccin, and ceroalbolinic acid which led to the revision of the established concepts of their origin.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> His research led to the isolation of 100 new compounds from plants and insects.<ref name="I have always looked for ideas that are tough, relevant for the society and can make a name for India" /> Association with [[Elias James Corey|Corey]] at Harvard University shifted his focus to studies related to the synthesis of biologically active natural products and he turned his attention to antitumor [[antibiotics]], [[macrolide]], [[immunosuppressants]] and [[cyclic peptides]].<ref name="INSA profile" /> After his return to India and resuming his career at NCL, he set up a school for synthesis of biofunctional molecules.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> Later, he guided the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Technology]] to become one of the top schools in India and introduced private and public sector industry participation in the research projects of the institution. The laboratory he established at IICT was fully funded by the members of the industry.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> He has mentored 109 research scholars in their doctoral studies as well as several post doctoral fellows.<ref name="INSA profile" />

The contributions of Rama Rao are reported to be noteworthy in the area of [[organic synthesis]], especially asymmetric synthesis. He is known to have developed cheaper methodology for the synthesis of anti-tumour antibiotics such as [[Anthracyclines]], Fredericamycin-A, Cervinomycins A1 and A2, Aronorosin, and [[Lavendamycin]].<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> He evolved a new method for the construction of the spiro[2,2]-nonane system, a constituent of Fredericamycin A, a first-time achievement in the world, and succeeded in its total synthesis.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> He proposed alternative methodologies for the synthesis of MeBmt, a variety of amino acid present in cyclosporin-A and of FK-506k, a 23-membered macrolide with 14-asymmetric carbons, which are reported to be noteworthy achievements in the field of asymmetric synthesis.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> His work also covered the synthesis of [[depsipeptides]] such as Jaspamide and Geodiamolides and [[macrolides]], namely [[Zearalenone]], [[Rifamycin]]-S, [[Rhizoxin]] and [[Rapamycin]].<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" />

Rao is the pioneer of [[Chiral synthesis]] and technology in India and is known to have synthesized compounds of high structural diversity like Coriolic acid, Dimorphicolic acid, β-Lactam antibiotics, Azamacrolides, [[Camptothecin]], Andrimid and [[Chrysanthemic acid]].<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> His work on K-13 has been adopted for the synthesis of [[Vancomycin]] and has helped in the synthesis of vancomycinic acid and the biphenyl segment of Vancomycin.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> [[Cipla]], an Indian drug manufacturer, utilised the cost-effective methodology Rao introduced in the manufacture of [[Azidothymidine]] (AZT), the first curative drug in the disease management of [[AIDS]]. His research have also helped in the synthesis of HIV inhibitors namely Betzalladines, Calanolides, Mischellamines and Abbot's [[protease]] inhibitor.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> Cipla have acknowledged Rao's contributions in the formulations of several drugs such as [[Salbutamol]], [[Vinblastine]], [[Vincristine]] and [[Etoposide]], apart from AZT.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" />

In 1995, when Rao set out to establish his own research centre, Avra Laboratories, several agencies such as Dai-ichi Karkaria, [[G.D. Searle, LLC]] and [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]] provided him with financial and infrastructural assistance. He undertook several research assignments under the aegis of the centre for Drug Manufacturers like [[G.D. Searle, LLC|G. D. Searle]], [[Pfizer]] and [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]];<ref name="I have always looked for ideas that are tough, relevant for the society and can make a name for India" /> his successful assignment of stabilizing a molecule with anti-asthmatic properties for Cytomed, a US drug manufacturer, was one of them.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> His early research on plants and insects has been documented in over 70 scientific papers<ref name="I have always looked for ideas that are tough, relevant for the society and can make a name for India" /> and the latter day work by way of over 190 scientific papers, totalling 260 papers, published in peer-reviewed journals.<ref name="INSA profile" /> Chemical Reviews, a known journal, invited him to contribute to their special issue on the synthesis of bio-functional molecules in 1995.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> He holds 30 patents,<ref name="Management" /><ref name="Patents by Inventor Alla Venkata Rama Rao">{{cite web | url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/alla-venkata-rama-rao | title=Patents by Inventor Alla Venkata Rama Rao | publisher=Justia Patents | date=2015 | access-date=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Patents Observer">{{cite web |date=2015 |title=Patents Observer |url=http://patentsobserver.com/public/applicant/show?toShow=ALLA+VENKATA+RAMA+RAO |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002222414/http://patentsobserver.com/public/applicant/show?toShow=ALLA+VENKATA+RAMA+RAO |archive-date=2 October 2015 |access-date=1 October 2015 |publisher=Patents Observer}}</ref> for chemical synthesis and isolation processes, many of which are in use with drug manufacturers in the US and India.<ref name="I have always looked for ideas that are tough, relevant for the society and can make a name for India" /><ref name="Indian spin-outs set to flourish">{{cite web | url=http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2008/April/15040802.asp | title=Indian spin-outs set to flourish | publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry | date=15 April 2008 | access-date=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="A Tribute to Prof. A. V. Rama Rao">{{cite journal | url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/ark/5550190.0006.301/--tribute-to-prof-a-v-rama-rao?view=text&seq=3&size=150 | title=A Tribute to Prof. A. V. Rama Rao | author=J. S. Yadav | journal= Arkivoc| volume=2005 | year=2005 | issue=3 | pages=1–4 | doi=10.3998/ark.5550190.0006.301| doi-access=free | hdl=2027/spo.5550190.0006.301 | hdl-access=free }}</ref> Besides being a member of many government policy-making bodies, he has been associated with the [[World Health Organization]] and the Ozone Cell of [[United Nations Environmental Programme]].<ref name="INSA profile" /> He has also delivered many keynote addresses and Endowment lectures at various conferences.<ref name="Sri Gopalkishanrao Vepachedu Memorial Lecture">{{cite web | url=http://www.vepachedu.org/TSJ/endowmentlecture.html | title=Sri Gopalkishanrao Vepachedu Memorial Lecture | publisher=Vepachedu Educational Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="IICHE Lecture">{{cite web |date=2015 |title=IICHE Lecture |url=http://www.iichehrc.org/docs/1st%20MP%20Chary%20Memorial%20Lecture-brochure.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001223553/http://www.iichehrc.org/docs/1st%20MP%20Chary%20Memorial%20Lecture-brochure.pdf |archive-date=1 October 2015 |access-date=1 October 2015 |publisher=Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers}}</ref> A. V. Rama Rao Research Foundation, the science forum he founded, promotes research, conducts doctoral courses in association with [[Osmania University]]<ref name="Interview: Chemistry is the business" /> and has instituted awards, together with [[Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers]] (IICHe), for recognising excellence in chemical research.<ref name="IIChe Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.iiche.org.in/studentawards.aspx |title=IIChe Awards |publisher=Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers |date=2015 |access-date=1 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002112542/http://www.iiche.org.in/studentawards.aspx |archive-date=2 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Awards and recognitions==
The [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], Bengaluru, elected Rao as their Fellow in 1985.<ref name="IAS Fellow" /> The [[Indian National Science Academy]] and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]], the two other major science academies in India, followed suit, by electing him as a Fellow in 1986<ref name="INSA profile" /> and 1989,<ref name="NASI Fellow" /> respectively. Subsequently, the [[Third World Academy of Sciences]] also elected him as a Fellow in 1995.<ref name="Dr. A. V. Rama Rao, FNA" /> He received the K. G. Naik Medal in 1982<ref name="Dr. A. V. Rama Rao, FNA" /> and, two years later, he was awarded the 1984 [[VASVIK Industrial Research Award]].<ref name="Chemical Sciences & Technology Award winners" /> The Government of India included him in the 1991 [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for the civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He was awarded the Durga Prasad Khaitan Memorial Medal of the [[Asiatic Society]] in 1992 and the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR) Technology Award reached him in 1993.<ref name="Dr. A. V. Rama Rao, FNA" />

The [[Academy of Sciences for the Developing World]] (TWAS) honoured him with their Technology Award in 1994, making him the first Indian chemist to receive the award.<ref name="A Tribute to Prof. A. V. Rama Rao" /><ref name="IICHE Lecture" /> He received three more awards the same year, the first, UDCT Distinguished Alumni and UDCT Diamond Award, from his alma mater, [[Institute of Chemical Technology]],<ref name="INSA profile" /> followed by CSIR Business Prize from the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]]<ref name="INSA profile" /> and [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]] from Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation.<ref name="Om Prakash Bhasin Award" /> The first decade of the 21st century saw him receiving three awards, Chemical Research Society Gold Medal in 2006, [[Indian Science Congress]] Presidential Gold Medal in 2007 and [[Institute of Chemical Technology]], Mumbai Platinum Award in 2009.<ref name="Dr. A. V. Rama Rao, FNA" /> In 2012, he was awarded the Dr. [[Yellapragada Subba Rao]] Award, by the [[Nellore]] based foundation, in the name of the late Indian biochemist.<ref name="Yellapragada award for A.V. Rama Rao">{{cite news |author= |date=22 December 2012 |title=Yellapragada award for A.V. Rama Rao |newspaper=The Hindu |publisher= |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/yellapragada-award-for-av-rama-rao/article4227803.ece |access-date=1 October 2015}}</ref> He is also a recipient of [[Prafulla Chandra Ray|P. C. Ray]] Medal, Dr. Y. Nayudamma Gold Medal, [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Viswakarma Medal, [[Ranbaxy]] Research Foundation Award and [[FICCI]] Award.<ref name="Padmashree Rama Rao — A man of distinction" /> [[Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research]] instituted a lecture series, ''A. V. Rama Rao Lecture Series'', composed of Foundation lectures and Prize lectures, to commemorate his 70th birthday.<ref name="A V Rama Rao Lecture series">{{cite web |date=2015 |title=A V Rama Rao Lecture series |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/blank_page.php/A.V.-Rama-Rao-Lecture-Series/66/1/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715130821/http://www.jncasr.ac.in/blank_page.php/A.V.-Rama-Rao-Lecture-Series/66/1 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |access-date=1 October 2015 |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research}}</ref> [[Indian Space Research Organization]] (ISRO), in association with Avra Laboratories, has also instituted an award lecture in his honour.<ref name="A V Rama Rao Technology Award">{{cite web |date=15 April 2008 |title=A V Rama Rao Technology Award |url=http://www.isro.gov.in/update/15-apr-2008/v-rama-rao-technology-award-prof-u-r-rao |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326001902/https://www.isro.gov.in/update/15-apr-2008/v-rama-rao-technology-award-prof-u-r-rao |archive-date=26 March 2015 |access-date=1 October 2015 |publisher=Indian Space Research Organization}}</ref> Archive for Organic Chemistry issued a commemorative issue in 2005, to mark the 70th birth year of Rama Rao.<ref name="Arkivoc 2005 3 Commemorative for Doctor A. V. Rama Rao">{{cite book | title=Arkivoc 2005 3 Commemorative for Doctor A. V. Rama Rao | publisher=Arkat-USA, Inc | author=Ramaiah Muthyala | year=2006 | pages=308 | isbn=978-1597300155}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Elias James Corey]]
* [[Institute of Chemical Technology]]
* [[Chiral synthesis]]
* [[National Chemical Laboratory]]
* [[Indian Institute of Chemical Technology]]
{{div col end}}
{{portal|India|Chemistry}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title=Arkivoc 2005 3 Commemorative for Doctor A. V. Rama Rao | publisher=Arkat-USA, Inc | author=Ramaiah Muthyala | year=2006 | pages=308 | isbn=978-1597300155}}
* {{cite journal | url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/interviews/3790098/dr-a-v-rama-rao-legend | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002093013/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/interviews/3790098/dr-a-v-rama-rao-legend | url-status=dead | archive-date=2015-10-02 | title=Dr. A.V. Rama Rao-A Legend | journal=Chemical Business | date=July 2000 | volume=14 | issue=7 | pages=21}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29604253&privcapId=9638695 | title=Bloomberg Business Profile | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2015 | access-date=1 October 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYqqVXY-8yg | title=Dr.AV Ramarao Guest Speech in Invent For India at A S Rao Nagar Business Summit | publisher=Phani Kumar Kalisetty | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=28 April 2012 | access-date=1 October 2015}}

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