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Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, CIE, FNI, FRASB, FIAS, FCS (also spelled Prafulla Chandra Rây and Prafulla Chandra Roy; Bengali: প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় Praphulla Chandra Rāy; 2 August 1861 – 16 June 1944) was an Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist.
Known as “Father of Indian Chemistry”, Prafulla Chandra Ray was a well-known Indian scientist and teacher and one of the first “modern” Indian chemical researchers. He discovered the stable compound mercurous nitrite in 1896 and established Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Ltd, India’s first pharmaceutical company in 1901.
Aug 1, 2023 · Sir Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (August 2, 1861 – June 16, 1944) was a remarkable scientist, literary figure, professor, industrialist, philanthropist, and much more. Widely revered as "the father of Indian chemistry," Ray was a pioneer and figurehead of modern chemical research in India.
Jun 21, 2024 · Prafulla Chandra Ray was a chemist, an industrialist as well as a Bengali nationalist. He was born on 2 August 1861 in Bengal Presidency in British India, and later founded Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India’s first pharmaceutical company.
May 28, 2024 · One such person was Prafulla Chandra Ray. He was a well-known Indian scientist and an industrialist who founded India's first pharmaceutical company, Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals. Ray was one of the first modern Indian chemical researchers and is regarded as the Father of Indian Chemistry.
Prafulla Chandra Ray was the pathfinder and originator of chemical research in modern India. He was introduced to re search by Alexander Crum Brown, a notable chemist and teacher at Edinburgh University. His doctoral work was on the chemis try of double sulphates. He received the D.Sc. degree of Edinburgh University in 1887.
Aug 2, 2019 · Prafulla Chandra Ray, an Indian chemist, was born Aug. 2, 1861. Ray is often referred to as the father of chemistry in India. Showing great promise in his studies as a young man in Bengal, he was awarded a fellowship to the University of Edinburgh in 1882, where he received his BS and then his PhD in 1887.
Prafulla Chandra Ray’s autobiography, Life and Experiences of a Bengali Chemist, was published in two volumes in 1932 and 1935. It describes his work as a scientist and the changes in...
Apr 19, 2020 · Prafulla Chandra Ray, a believer of the ideal that “industry, as a rule, preceded science,” was conscious of the impact the setting up of a factory would have on India’s knowledge reserve.
ACHARYA PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY: A REVISIT TO HIS LIFE AND WORK (PART-3) MANAS CHAKRABARTY* Continuing from Part-2 [Sci. Cult., 88 (3-4), 108-118 (2022)], this concluding part embodies the activities of P.C. Ray as a social reformer (against casteism and for women’s freedom and
