Prabha R. Chatterji is an Indian scientist at John F. Welch Technology Centre (formerly General Electric Global Research and Technology Development center), Bangalore, India.[1]

Prabha Chatterji
NationalityIndian
Alma materIndian Institute of Science
AwardsVasvik Award,MRSI Lecture award
Scientific career
FieldsPolymer Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Polymer Materials
InstitutionsGeneral Electric

She was formerly a senior scientist at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad and a past member of the executive committee of the Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India.[2][3] She works primarily related to scientific and technical education in India.[1]

Education

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She graduated from a small college in a nondescript village near Ottappalam in Kerala. As a college student, she was awarded the National Science Talent Search Scholarship by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The scholarship helped her pursue her post graduation, PhD in 1977[4] and subsequently a career in Science.[5]

Career

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Prabha's career trajectory involves stint in academia governmental research and development and then industry.[5] She received the Vasvik Award for industrial research and the MRSI Lecture award.[4] She is also involved in policies of scientific and technical education in India.[4]

Works

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Chatterji has published 41 papers and has an h-index of 16.

  • Chatterji, Prabha R. (1989). "Gelatin with hydrophilic/hydrophobic grafts and glutaraldehyde crosslinks". Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 37 (8): 2203–2212. doi:10.1002/app.1989.070370812.
  • Chatterji, Prabha R. (5 August 1990). "Interpenetrating hydrogel networks. I. The gelatin–polyacrylamide system". Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 40 (34): 401–410. doi:10.1002/app.1990.070400308.

Awards

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Chatterji is a recipient of the Vasvik Award (industrial research)[3] and the MRSI Lecture award.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Prabha Chatterji". Women in science: an Indian Academy of Sciences initiative. Indian Academy of Sciences. 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Executive committee for 2011-2014". Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs - India. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Industrial Research Award for Women Scientists". Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "The Women Scientists of India | Women in Science | Initiatives | Indian Academy of Sciences". www.ias.ac.in. Retrieved 20 January 2018.