Founding fellows

• Elected: 1934 Section: Animal Sciences

  Aiyar, R. Gopala
  M.Sc. (Madras), FNA
  Council service: 1940-46

  Date of birth: 20 January 1887
  Date of death: 18 January 1971
  Specialization: Classical Zoology, Marine Biology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Animal Sciences

  Asana, J. J.
  M.A. (Baroda College)

  Date of birth: 30 July 1890
  Date of death: 16 December 1954
  Specialization: Reptiles

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Badami, Jayantilal Surchandra

  Date of birth: 25 December 1908
  Date of death: 13 January 2000
  Specialization: Optics, Spectroscopy
  Last known address: Wilson College, Chaupatti, Bombay

• Elected: 1934 Section: Earth and Planetary Sciences

  Banerji, Sudangsu Kumar
  D.Sc. (Presidency College, Calcutta), FNA
  Council service: 1934-35

  Date of birth: 27 April 1893
  Date of death: 10 August 1966
  Specialization: Mathematical Physics, Geophysics, Meteorology
  Last known address: 3, Ramani Chatterjee Road, Rash Behari Avenue, Calcutta 700 029

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  Barnard, T. W.

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Bhagavantam, Suri
  D.Sc. (Andhra), FNA
  Council service: 1940-61; Vice President 1946-52, 1956-61

  Date of birth: 14 October 1909
  Date of death: 6 February 1989
  Specialization: Solid State Physics, Crystal Physics, Scattering Light

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  Bhatia, Sohan Lal
  M.D. (Cantab)
  Council service: 1934-35, 1938-43, 1959-61; Vice President 1938-43

  Date of birth: 5 August 1891
  Date of death: 16 July 1981
  Specialization: Physiology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Chemistry

  Chakravarthy, Satyendra Nath
  FNA

  Date of birth: 1903
  Date of death: 28 August 1945
  Specialization: Forensic Sciences

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Chandrasekhar, Prof. Subramanyan
  Sc.D. (Cantab), FNA, FNASc

  Date of birth: 19 October 1910
  Date of death: 21 August 1995
  Specialization: Theoretical Astrophysics and Relativity
  Last known address: University of Chicago Lab. for Astrophysics & Space Res., 933 E, 56th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA

• Elected: 1934 Section: Plant Sciences

  Cheema, G. S.
  D.Sc.

  
  Date of death: 2 January 1972
  Specialization: Horticulture

• Elected: 1934 Section: Mathematical Sciences

  Chowla, Sarvadaman
  FNA
  Council service: 1934-40

  Date of birth: 22 August 1907
  Date of death: 10 December 1995
  Specialization: Pure Mathematics, Number Theory

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  De Mello, I. Froilano

  Date of birth: 1887
  Date of death: 9 January 1955
  Specialization: Microbiology, Parasitology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Plant Sciences

  Ekambaram, T.
  FNA
  Council service: 1934-35

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Ganesan, Angarai Seshiah
  Ph.D. (London)
  Council service: 1961

  Date of birth: 27 May 1900
  Date of death: 2 January 1986
  Specialization: Scattering of Light, Raman Effect

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Ghosh, P. N.
  FNA
  Council service: 1934-35

  Date of birth: 11 February 1884
  Date of death: 23 December 1946
  Specialization: Optics, Applied Physics

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  Hill, A. R. Berkeley
  Council service: 1934-37

  Date of birth: 22 December 1879
  Date of death: 16 August 1944

• Elected: 1934 Section: Plant Sciences

  Iyengar, Mandayam Osuri Parthasarathy
  Ph.D., FNA
  Council service: 1934-35, 1938-40

  Date of birth: 15 December 1886
  Date of death: 10 December 1963
  Specialization: Algology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Animal Sciences

  Iyer, L. K. Ananthakrishna
  FNA

  Date of birth: 1861
  Date of death: 25 February 1937
  Specialization: Anthropology, Ethnology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Chemistry

  Joshi, Shridar Sarvottam
  D.Sc. (London), FNA
  Council service: 1934-35, 1946-52, 1965-70

  Date of birth: 16 October 1898
  Date of death: 25 July 1984
  Specialization: Physical & Inorganic Chemistry and Reactors under Electric Discharge

• Elected: 1938 Section: Engineering and Technology

  Kamesam, S.
  D.Sc.

  
  Date of death: 1953

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  Khanolkar, Vasant Ramji
  M.D. (London), FNA
  Council service: 1949-52, 1956-61; Vice President 1949-52

  Date of birth: 13 April 1895
  Date of death: 29 October 1978
  Specialization: Pathology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Chemistry

  Krishnamurthi, P.
  D.Sc.
  Council service: 1962-67

  Date of birth: 22 January 1903
  Date of death: 14 March 1966

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Krishnan, Kariamanikkam Srinivasa
  D.Sc., FNA, FNASc
  Council service: 1936-61; Vice President 1940-43, 1946-49

  Date of birth: 4 December 1898
  Date of death: 14 June 1961
  Specialization: Raman Effect, Crystal Magnetism, Magnetochemistry, Magnetic Anisotropy

• Elected: 1934 Section: Earth and Planetary Sciences

  Krishnan, Maharajapuram Sitaram
  FNA
  Council service: 1962-64

  Date of birth: 24 August 1898
  Date of death: 24 April 1970
  Specialization: Economic Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Engineering and Technology

  Krishnaswami, Kolar Ramakrishnaiya
  D.Sc. (London), FNA

  Date of birth: 14 August 1898
  Date of death: 28 June 1964
  Specialization: Industrial Chemistry

• Elected: 1934 Section: Earth and Planetary Sciences

  Mahadevan, Calamur
  FNA
  Council service: 1949-61

  Date of birth: 6 May 1901
  Date of death: 8 April 1962
  Specialization: Economic Geology, Nuclear Geology, Marine Geology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Metcalfe, Edward Parr
  FNA
  Council service: 1934-37; Vice-President 1934-37

  Date of birth: 1881
  Date of death: 1950
  Specialization: Pure & Applied Mathematics, Astronomy

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Narayan, Appadvedula Lakshmi
  FNA
  Council service: 1934-35

  Date of birth: 1887
  Date of death: 7 March 1973
  Specialization: Optics, Spectroscopy

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  Natarajan, C. V.

  Date of birth: 26 April 1899
  Date of death: 11 November 1964
  Specialization: Anatomy

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Owen, M.
  Council service: 1934-35

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Parameswaran, Hariharan
  Council service: 1934-35

  Date of birth: 15 February 1897
  Date of death: 25 March 1953
  Specialization: Optics, High Vacuum Techniques

• Elected: 1934 Section: Earth and Planetary Sciences

  Rama Rao, Lakshmiswara
  Council service: 1934-61; Vice President 1952-55; Secretary 1946-52

  Date of birth: 23 March 1896
  Date of death: 11 November 1974

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata
  FNA
  Council service: 1934-70; President 1934-70

  Date of birth: 7 November 1888
  Date of death: 21 November 1970
  Specialization: Wave Optics, Light & X-ray Scattering, Crystallography, Vibration & Musical Instruments

• Elected: 1934 Section: Earth and Planetary Sciences

  Ramanathan, Kalpathy Ramakrishnan
  D.Sc., FNA
  Council service: 1936-37, 1940-52, 1956-61; Vice President 1943-46

  Date of birth: 28 February 1893
  Date of death: 31 December 1984
  Specialization: Meteorology, Hydrology, Aeronology, Geophysics and Sun-Earth Relationships

• Elected: 1934 Section: Animal Sciences

  Ramanujan, S. G. Manavala

  Date of birth: 26 August 1893
  Date of death: May 1982
  Specialization: Entomology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Earth and Planetary Sciences

  Ramdas, Lakshminarayanapuram Ananthakrishnan
  Ph.D., FNA, FNASc

  Date of birth: 3 June 1900
  Date of death: 1 January 1979
  Specialization: Atmospheric Physics and Meteorology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Plant Sciences

  Ramiah, Krishnaswamy
  M.Sc. (Cantab), D.Sc. (Utkal), FNA, FNASc
  Council service: 1946-49, 1959-61; Secretary 1959-61

  Date of birth: 15 April 1882
  Date of death: 2 August 1988
  Specialization: Agronomy and Plant Genetics

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  Rao, B. K. Narayana
  Council service: 1934-61; Vice President 1938-43

  Date of birth: 12 March 1884
  Date of death: 17 July 1966
  Specialization: Ophthalmology

• Elected: 1934 Section: Chemistry

  Rao, Basrur Sanjiva
  FNA
  Council service: 1938-55; Treasurer 1938-55

  Date of birth: 23 February 1895
  Date of death: 3 March 1975
  Specialization: Mineral Chemistry

• Elected: 1934 Section: Animal Sciences

  Rao, Coimbatore Raghavendra Narayana
  FNA
  Council service: 1934-37; Secretary 1934-37

  Date of birth: 15 August 1882
  Date of death: 2 January 1960

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  Rao, Srikantiah Subba
  1934-52
  Council service: Council Service; 1934-52

  Date of birth: 18 June 1883
  Date of death: 2 January 1955
  Specialization: Surgery

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Rao, Subbarao Ramachandra
  FNA

  Date of birth: 15 May 1899
  Date of death: 28 February 1983
  Specialization: Magnetism

• Elected: 1934 Section: Engineering and Technology

  Rau, M. A. Govinda

  Date of birth: 26 August 1901
  Date of death: 19 November 1954
  Specialization: Chemical Engineering

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  Row, Raghavendra
  FNA

  Date of birth: 16 November 1871
  Date of death: 14 November 1953

• Elected: 1934 Section: Engineering and Technology

  Rudra, J. J.

  
  Specialization: Electrical Engineering

• Elected: 1934 Section: Plant Sciences

  Sampathkumaran, Mandayam Ananthanpillai
  FNA
  Council service: 1936-40

  Date of birth: 15 July 1882
  Date of death: 15 December 1944

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Samuel, R.

• Elected: 1934 Section: General Biology

  Sastri, B. Nanjunda

• Elected: 1934 Section: Chemistry

  Sastry, Sosale Garalapuri

  Date of birth: November 1899
  Date of death: 22 September 1955
  Specialization: Chemistry of Oils & Soaps

• Elected: 1934 Section: Earth and Planetary Sciences

  Savur, Srinivasa Rao
  FNA

  Date of birth: 26 March 1894
  Date of death: 4 May 1974
  Specialization: Geophysics

• Elected: 1934 Section: Chemistry

  Seshadri, Thiruvenkata Rajendra
  Ph.D., FNA
  Council service: 1943-64, 1968-70; Vice President 1946-52, 1962-64

  Date of birth: 3 February 1900
  Date of death: 27 September 1975
  Specialization: Natural Products, Drugs & Pesticides

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Shastry, Therizhandur Panchapagasa Bhaskara

  Date of birth: 12 April 1889
  Date of death: 26 June 1950
  Specialization: Astronomy

• Elected: 1934 Section: Mathematical Sciences

  Siddiqi, Prof. Mohammad Raziuddin
  Ph.D. (Leigzig), FNA
  Council service: 1943-52; Vice President 1946-49

  Date of birth: 2 January 1908
  Date of death: 2 January 1998
  Specialization: Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
  Last known address: Pakistan Academy of Sciences 5, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad, Pakistan

• Elected: 1934 Section: Chemistry

  Singh, Bawa Kartar
  FNA
  Council service: 1940-43; Vice President 1934-40

  Date of birth: 17 April 1886
  Date of death: 15 June 1960
  Specialization: Stereochemistry

• Elected: 1934 Section: General Biology

  Sreenivasaya, Motnahalli

  Date of birth: 5 December 1895
  Date of death: January 1969

• Elected: 1934 Section: Animal Sciences

  Subrahmanyan, Vaidyanathan
  FNA
  Council service: 1934-37; Treasurer 1934-37

  Date of birth: 16 September 1902
  Date of death: 30 January 1979

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Telang, A. V.
  Council service: 1938-43

  
  Date of death: 1965

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  Tirumurti, Tirunelveli Subbaiyer
  FNA

  Date of birth: 18 November 1885
  Date of death: 26 August 1953
  Specialization: Hypertension, Liver Cirrhosis

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Vaidhianathan, V. I.

  Date of birth: 28 August 1897
  Date of death: 1965
  Specialization: Magnetism, X-rays

• Elected: 1935 Section: Mathematical Sciences

  Vaidyanathaswamy, R.
  Council service: 1934-35

  Date of birth: 9 October 1894
  Date of death: 17 March 1960
  Specialization: Topology, Set Theory

• Elected: 1934 Section: Medicine

  Vazifdar, S. S.

• Elected: 1934 Section: Physics

  Venkatesachar, Bachalli
  FNA
  Council service: 1934-37; Secretary 1934-37

  Date of birth: 18 June 1879
  Date of death: 27 May 1972
  Specialization: Atomic Spectroscopy, Raman Effect, Hyperfine Structure

• Elected: 1934 Section: Animal Sciences

  Vijayaraghavacharya, T.
  B.E., FNA

  Date of birth: August 1875
  Date of death: 1953

• Elected: 1934 Section: Mathematical Sciences

  Vijayaraghavan, Tirukkannapuram
  Ph.D., FNA

  Date of birth: 30 November 1902
  Date of death: 20 April 1955
  Specialization: Pure Mathematics

• Elected: 1934 Section: Engineering and Technology

  Visvesvaraya, M.
  D.Sc.
  Council service: 1936-37

  Date of birth: 15 September 1861
  Date of death: 14 April 1962
  Specialization: Civil Engineering

• Elected: 1934 Section: Chemistry

  Viswa Nath, Bhagavatula
  FNA

  Date of birth: 1 January 1889
  Date of death: 1 February 1964
  Specialization: Soil Chemistry

• Elected: 1934 Section: Chemistry

  Wheeler, Thomas Sherlock
  FNA
  Council service: 1934-37; Vice President 1934-37

  Date of birth: 30 April 1899
  Date of death: 13 December 1962
  Specialization: Organic Chemistry