Holalkere Rangarao Chandrasekhar, () known as "Chandra", was a professor of physics, department chair and director of graduate studies at the University of Missouri. He is an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a past consultant to the United Nations Development under the TOKTEN project.
Early life Chandrasekhar was born at Holalkere, a small hamlet in Chitradurga district, Karnataka to father H. V. Rangarao Shorpy.com. Rangarao and friends and mother D. Radhamma.Smt. Devanahalli Radhamma, Singer of Traditional kannada ritual songs His father was the local auditor and the Shanubhogue of Chirnahalli and Kudinirkatte. He was a well-known astrologer.
Honors 1996-97: Visiting research scholar, department of physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 (June-Dec. 1996); Visiting research professor, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson (Jan. -June 1997). 1993: Consultant to India under the Transfer of Knowledge (TOKTEN) program sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). 1980-1984: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship. One of twenty-one physicists selected in National Competition on the basis of "exceptional potential to make creative contributions to scientific knowledge in the early stages of career".
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External links Hindu temple opens doors Community center first of kind in city. By SETH ASHLEY of the Tribune’s staff-Published Saturday, November 12, 2005 H.R.Chandrasekhar, Kannada Songs, Riddles and Proverbs in Kannada Script COLUMBIA, Faith and Values, 'Thanksgiving : A Hindu perspective', Nov, 20, 2012-Chandra Vox inside Vox, Life is cyclical for HindusReincarnation can be a chance to finish one's life work- BY HARUMENDHAH HELMY FEBRUARY 9, 2012 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Physicist’s Research Useful for Fabrication of New Devices 'Shanthi Sandesh, Philosophy of the Upanishads'-H.R.Chandrasekhar 'Self realization, Nachiketa's story'-h.R.Chandrasekhar 'Purusha and the Creation Allegory'-Chandra One India (kannada) ಕರ್ಣಾಟಕ ಭಾಗವತ : ತಾಳೆಗರಿಯಿಂದ ಬಿಳಿಹಾಳೆಗೆ, Dr.M.S.Nataraj, Photomech, Maryland, USA, July 5, 2012