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Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya

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Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya was an Indian natural product chemist who served as director of the Bose Institute in Kolkata. He was known for his research on the structures and configurations of terpenoids and for his work on the synthesis of vetiver oil and natural musk compounds. He served as vice-president of the Indian National Science Academy and was an elected fellow of that academy as well as the Indian Academy of Sciences. In 1962 he received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for his contributions to the chemical sciences.

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Birth Year
1918 1
Death Date
2013-05-19 1
Death Year
2013 1
Death Place
Kolkata, India 1
Birthplace
Sylhet, Bangladesh 1
Field
Field (category)
Chemistry 1
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1. Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
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  • P570 (date of death): full date
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  • P20 (place of death): Kolkata, India
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  • P19 (place of birth): Sylhet, Bangladesh
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Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya (Wikipedia)
  • Member Of: Indian Institute of Science, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: Indian Institute of Science ; National Chemical Laboratory ; Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai ; Bose Institute
  • Works In: Analytical Chemistry, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: Natural product chemistry ; Analytical chemistry
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