PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY

PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY

ACHARYA SIR PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY WAS AN EMINENT BENGALI CHEMIST AND EDUCATIONIST BORNED IN 2 AUGUST 1861. HE ESTABLISHED THE FIRST SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY IN INDIA. HE IS KNOW AS THE FATHER OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE IN INDIA. BY 1895 PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY STARTED HIS WORK IN THE FIELD OF DISCOVERING THE NITRILE CHEMISTRY.

IN 1896 HE NOTICED THE FORMATION OF A YELLOW CRYSTALLINE SOLID WITH THE REACTION OF MERCURY AND DILUTE NITRIC ACID.

HE HAVE RECEIVED MANY MORE AWARDS . SOME OF THEM ARE: 

1. COMPARISON OF THE ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE (CIE) IN 1912.

2. KNIGHT BACHELOR IN 1919.

3.FELLOW OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY (FCS) IN 1902.

4.FOUNDATION FELLOW OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF INDIA IN 1935.

5. FELLOW OF THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE CULTIVATION OF SCIENCE (FIAS) IN 1943.