Eminent Scientist CNR Rao Gets Japan’s Highest Civilian Award

02 May , New Delhi

Japan’s highest civilian award was conferred on eminent scientist CNR Rao for his outstanding contributions to Science and Indo-Japan Science cooperation.

A release by the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research said, the emperor of Japan conferred the award – The Order Of The Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star- upon the Bharat Ratna awardee.

Rao has received the highest civilian award from several nations and is an elected member of almost all scientific academies across the globe.

He had also worked as the Chief Science Advisor to Prime Ministers of India. The renowned scientist has published more than 1600 research papers and authored about 50 books.