chemistry

K N Ganesh

K N Ganesh is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand K N Ganesh rather than just read about it. In short: Krishnarajanagar Nagappa Ganesh is an Indian bio-organic chemist and served as the (founding) director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati (IISER Tirupati) since 2017 till 2023. He is also the founding director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, that was established in 2006 and served the office till 2017.

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Reference excerpt

Krishnarajanagar Nagappa Ganesh is an Indian bio-organic chemist and served as the (founding) director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati (IISER Tirupati) since 2017 till 2023. He is also the founding director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, that was established in 2006 and served the office till 2017. He is a recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in chemical sciences (1998) for "his outstanding contribution towards the understanding of the chemical principles of DNA molecular recognition and for his work on various facets of DNA structure and its interaction with drugs and proteins". He is also a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy since 2000. Ganesh obtained his BSc (1970) and MSc (1972) degrees in chemistry from Bangalore University and did his Ph.D. in 1976 from Delhi University under the guidance of Dr. G.B.V Subramanian. Utilizing a Commonwealth Fellowship, he pursued higher studies at the University of Cambridge, where he secured a second PhD degree in 1980. Upon returning to India, he joined the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology at Hyderabad in 1981 where he established India’s first DNA synthesis facility and started research to study new motifs of DNA-protein interactions. In 1987, he moved to National Chemical Laboratory where he rose to become the Head of Organic Chemistry Division in 1994. In 2006, he was chosen as the First Director of the newly founded Indian Institute of Science Education and Research at Pune and in 2017 he was appointed as the first Director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research at Tirupati. The research work of Ganesh is related to the chemistry and biology of nucleic acids with special focus on the applications of DNA analogues, structural biology of collagen peptides and DNA nanotechnology. He is recognised for his contributions to the design of Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) analogues for effective cell permeation.

Awards and recognition The various awards and recognitions conferred on K N Ganesh include:

Padma Shri in 2023 by the Government of India Fellow of all the three Science Academies in India, namely, the Indian National Science Academy, the National Academy of Sciences, India and the Indian Academy of Sciences Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) President of Division of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry of IUPAC (2012-2013) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award of Chemical sciences (CSIR) TWAS Prize for Chemical Sciences SASTRA-CNR Rao Award of SASTRA University (2015) H K Firodia Vijnan Bhushan Award (2015) National Researcher Award in Nanoscience and Technology (2016). The positions that K N Ganesh holds or held include:

Member of various policy making and Project Advisory Committees of Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India Member of Nanoscience Advisory Group of DST Nanoscience mission Chairman, DBT Taskforce on Nanobiotechnology Chairman, Finance Committee of India Alliance - Wellcome Trust DBT Chairman of Research Advisory Council of Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, Punjab Founding Editor for ACS Omega, the first open Access Journal from American Chemical Society

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Example 1 — a first encounter with K N Ganesh

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what K N Ganesh claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to K N Ganesh before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about K N Ganesh ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of K N Ganesh

In research: K N Ganesh appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses K N Ganesh in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: K N Ganesh is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1953 births, Living people, Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for K N Ganesh outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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