Naba Kishore Ray

Naba Kishore Ray
Born	December 5, 1940 Odisha, India
Nationality	Indian
Fields	Theoretical chemistry Computational chemistry
Known for	Studies on structure of molecules
Notable awards	1983 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Naba Kishore Ray (born 1940) is an Indian theoretical and computational chemist, known for his studies on structure of molecules.^[1] Born on 5 December 1940 in the Indian state of Odisha,^[2] he studied molecules using molecular orbital and floating spherical gaussian orbital methods and his work on the nature of electron density and momentum distribution in atoms and molecules as well as molecular reactivitity on surfaces are reported to have widened the understanding of the subjects.^[3] 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 1983, for his contributions to chemical sciences.^[4]

See also

• Theoretical chemistry
• Computational chemistry

References

1. "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
2. "Odiya Celebrities". Odiya.org. 2016.
3. "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2016.
4. "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.

External links

• Alan Hinchliffe (2008). Chemical Modelling: Applications and Theory. Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 309–. ISBN 978-0-85404-248-7.