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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Akhil Ranjan Chakravarty
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|5|20}}
| birth_place = [[Burdwan]], [[West Bengal]], India
| death_date =
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| residence = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Bioorganic chemistry]] | [[Coordination chemistry]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Indian Institute of Science]] | [[Nagoya University]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Burdwan]] | [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science]] |
[[Rajabazar Science College]] | [[Calcutta University]] | [[Texas A&M University]] }}
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| [[Animesh Chakravorty]] | [[F. Albert Cotton]] }}
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on reactivity and bonding in multicentered systems
| awards = {{ublist | 1998 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 2007 [[Chemical Research Society of India|CRSI]] Silver Medal }}
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'''Akhil Ranjan Chakravarty''' (born 1953) is an Indian organic chemist and a professor at the department of inorganic and physical chemistry at the [[Indian Institute of Science]].<ref name="Prof. Akhil R. Chakravarty">{{Cite web |url=http://ipc.iisc.ernet.in/~arc/Prof.%20A.%20R.%20Chakravarty.html |title=Prof. Akhil R. Chakravarty |date=April 2013 |publisher=Current Science |access-date=26 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213022618/http://ipc.iisc.ernet.in/~arc/Prof.%20A.%20R.%20Chakravarty.html |archive-date=13 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is known for his researches on reactivity and bonding in multicentered systems<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=419 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> and is an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]]<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P06-1408 |title=Indian fellow |date=2017-11-08 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2017-11-08}}</ref> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Chakravarty,_Prof._Akhil_Ranjan |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> 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 1998, for his contributions to chemical sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:B.U. administrative complex gate.jpg|thumb|235px|Burdwan University]]
A. R. Chakravarty, born on 20 May 1953 in [[Burdwan]], a historic city in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], graduated in chemistry from the [[University of Burdwan]] in 1973 and completed a master's degree from the same university in 1975, passing both the examinations with first rank.<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://ipc.iisc.ernet.in/~arc/arcbiodata2pagesJune07.pdf |title=Faculty profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Institute of Science |access-date=26 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722191638/http://ipc.iisc.ernet.in/~arc/arcbiodata2pagesJune07.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Enrolling for doctoral studies at [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science]] under the guidance of [[Animesh Chakravorty]], a [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate, he secured a PhD from the Science College, [[Calcutta University]] in 1982.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> His post-doctoral studies were in the US at the laboratory of [[F. Albert Cotton]] at [[Texas A&M University]] during 1982–85 and he returned to India the same year to join the [[Indian Institute of Science]] as an assistant professor. He became an associate professor in 1997, a professor in 1997 and continues to hold the post till date. In between, he served as the chair of the department of inorganic and physical chemistry during 2002–05 and has been a visiting professor at Nagoya University.<ref name="Indian fellow" />

== Legacy ==
Chakravarty's researches have been focused on [[coordination chemistry]] and [[organometallic chemistry]] of chiral complexes and his researches are reported to have widened the understanding of reactivity and bonding in multicentered systems.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=5 October 2016 | pages=34 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> His work on diruthenium complexes demonstrated the link between ''the chemistry of complexes of basic acetate structure and multiple bonded diruthenium complexes''.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He established a purpose-built laboratory at IISc for his researches and furthered his researches to cover the ''high-nuclearity transition metal clusters showing novel structural and magnetic properties''. His studies of 3d-metal-based compounds are known to be useful in developing photodynamic therapeutic protocols for treating cancer. He has documented his researches by way of articles;<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Chakravarty=3AAkhil_Ranjan=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> AceMap, an online article repository, has listed a number of them.<ref name="Chakravarty on AceMap">{{Cite web |url=http://acemap.sjtu.edu.cn/author/page?AuthorID=7DDDCF37 |title=Chakravarty on AceMap |date=2016 }}</ref> He has mentored more than 20 doctoral scholars in their studies and has sat in the editorial board of the ''Indian Journal of Chemistry'' (Section A) and the ''Journal of Chemical Science''.<ref name="Indian fellow" />

== Awards and honors ==
Chakravarty, an Alexander von Humboldt during 1994–95, was elected by the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] as their fellow in 1995.<ref name="Fellow profile" /> The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1998.<ref name="Chemical Sciences">{{cite web|url=http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm |title=Chemical Sciences |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |date=2016 |access-date=7 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012851/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm |archive-date=12 September 2012 }}</ref> He became an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 2006 and received the Silver Medal of the [[Chemical Research Society of India]] in 2007. He was also a J. C. Bose National Fellow in 2008.<ref name="Indian fellow" />

== See also ==
* [[Animesh Chakravorty]]
* [[F. Albert Cotton]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://ipc.iisc.ernet.in/~arc/Prof.%20A.%20R.%20Chakravarty_files/AwardsHonours.html |title=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Institute of Science |work=investiture ceremony |access-date=26 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525154337/http://ipc.iisc.ernet.in/~arc/Prof.%20A.%20R.%20Chakravarty_files/AwardsHonours.html |archive-date=25 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}

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