Celebrating G N Ramachandran

- Anecdotes from the GNR Community

The inspiring leader who grows a community of workers in a new endeavour, in science as in any other human activity, achieves this by their unique subjectivity and personal choices as they map the future they sense is near and choose to cultivate it. In the sections below you will meet the unique subjectivity of GNR and hear stories about how he composed his life in science, with his students and with the community of scientists and institutional supporters.

The Scientist

GNR's approach to research problems [Harishankar Ramachandran]

Anecdote- GNR's childlike enthusiasm [KN Ganesh]

Science above all else [Vasantha Pattabhi]

'It was just his boldness': GNR's outlook on frontier area research [Manju Bansal]

'He always felt we should be as good as anybody else in the world.' [P Balaram]

Ramachandran and multidisciplinarity [MRN Murthy]

GNR never did anything casually, there was always an academic touch [Bharathi Ramachandran]

Anecdote-Ramachandran's genius [MRN Murthy]

The Mentor and Department Head

GNR as a mentor [N Yathindra]

The demanding guide [Harishankar]

Anecdote- Getting hired to the MBU [P Balaram]

Meeting with Ramachandran (and Ramakrishnan) [George Rose]

Legacy

Ramachandran's legacy as a crystallogrpher [MRN Murthy]

Recognition and nobel prize [Harishankar]

The influence of GNR's work on a young researcher [KN Ganesh]

What we should celebrate about GNR [Harishankar]