Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information:

Name in full                    :      Kandala Venkata Ramana Chary

Date of birth and place :      February 10, 1954; Bhongir, Andhra Pradesh, India

Fields of Specialization :     NMR Spectroscopy, Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology.

Designation                  :        Professor

Address                        :

 (a) Official:                           Professor  K.V.R. Chary.

                                                Department of Chemical Sciences

                                                Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

                                                Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar

                                                Mumbai, 400 005, India

                                                Telephone No:  0091-22-215 2971 (Ext 2489)

                                                Fax No:              0091-22-215 2110

                                                e-mail:                chary@tifr.res.in

 (b) Residential:                     1002, Bhaskara, TIFR Housing Colony

                                                Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar

                                                Mumbai, 400 005, India

                                                Telephone No:           0091-22-215 0860                          

                                                 e-mail: chary@tifr.res.in

Educational Background: 

Employment History:

Current Fields of Interest:

Structure, dynamics and interaction of proteins and nucleic acids using multidimensional NMR. DNA polymorphism. Development of NMR methodologies and algorithms for NMR assignments and 3D structural analysis.

Honors, Awards and Recognitions:

·   Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, India, 2000.

·   Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, INDIA Young scientist, 1986.

·   BRUKER Young scientist, 1986.

·   Anil Kumar Bose Memorial Indian National Science Academy award, New Delhi, INDIA 1989.

·   Recognized Teacher of the Mumbai University for the Ph. D., degree in Physics and Physical  Chemistry.

·   Invited speaker at the XVIII International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, held at Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan, during August 23-28, 1998.

·   Invited speaker at the XIII International Biophysics Congress, held at New Delhi, India, September 21-25, 1999.

·   Session Chairman at the XIX International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, held at University of Florence, Florence, during August 21-26, 2000.

·   Invited speaker at the XX International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, to be held in Toronto, Canada, during August 25-30, 2002.

Memberships in Professional Societies:

·    Member of the Advisory Board of “Task Force on NMR of Biological Sciences”, International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB).

·   Member, National Executive Committee and Treasurer, National Magnetic Resonance Society, India.

·     Member, National Executive Committee, Indian Biophysical Society, India.

·   Member, Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta, India.

·   Member of the Management Advisory Committee of the “National Facility for High Field NMR”,  T.I.F.R, Mumbai

·   Member of the Program Advisory Committee of the “National Facility for High Field NMR”,  T.I.F.R, Mumbai