<b>In Conversation</b>- “There can be no progress in science without chemistry…”

15-18The year 2011 has been declared as theInternational Year of Chemistry by the UnitedNations. On this occasion, who can be better totalk to than the person who has inspired a generation of chemists inthe country, PROF. CHINTAMANI NAGESA RAMACHANDRARAO, CNR Rao for short. Prof. Rao has been doing research inchemistry for over 60 years and at the age of 77 still continues to beactive in the field of science, being the National Research Professorand Linus Pauling Research Professor and Honorary President ofJawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,Bangalore. His passion is nanotechnology, especially nanomaterialsconsisting of carbon nanotubes.