Family & Educational details of Dr.K. Srinivasa Rao

Date & Place of Birth : Nov. 18, 1942; Mylapore, Madras, India.

Marital Status :

Married to
Dr.Geetha Srinivasa Rao, Professor,
Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematcs,
University of Madras, Chepauk, Madras - 600 005.

Two sons :

K.S.Aravind (Feb.13, 1979)
B.E.(Hons), Chem.Engg. from BITS, Pilani;
Graduate Student,
Dept. of Chemical Engineering,
Cornell University,
Ithaca, U.S.A.

K.S.Anand (Feb.21, 1982)
III Year B.E. Computer Science,
S.S.N. College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu

Photograph of Anand and Aravind!

A family photograph

Residential address :

90/1, Second Main Road,
Gandhi Nagar, Adyar,
Chennai - 600 020,
Tamil Nadu, India.
Tel. : +91 - 44 - 441 1347
(e-mail: rao@imsc.res.in)

Education :

B.Sc.(Physics), Vivekananda College, Madras, 1961 : (First Class).
M.Sc.(Physics), Presidency College, Madras, 1964 : (High First Class).
First in Presidency College, 4th rank in Madras Univ. 1963 - 64.
Prizes for Proficiency awarded by the Presidency College :
Seethalakshmi Subramanian Prize for 1963 - 64.
Dr.S.Kalyanaraman Memorial Prize for Physics for 1963 - 64.
Jones Memorial Senior Prize for 1964 - 65.
Ph.D. (Theoretical Physics), Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Madras, 1972:
(Supervisor : Professor Alladi Ramakrishnan,
Founder Director, MATSCIENCE, Madras.
Thesis title : Studies in Photoproduction of Pions from Nuclei)

Awards :

TANSA Award for Popularisation of Science, 2000
TANSA Award for Mathematical Sciences, 2000