H. R. Chandrasekhar

Holalkere Rangarao Chandrasekhar, (ಹೊಳಲ್ಕೆರೆ ರಂಗರಾವ್ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ್) known as "Chandra", was a professor of physics, department chair and director of graduate studies at the University of Missouri. He is an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a past consultant to the United Nations Development under the TOKTEN project.

Early life
Chandrasekhar was born at Holalkere, (ಹೊಳಲ್ಕೆರೆ) a small hamlet in the Chitradurga state, of Karnataka state. His parents were H.V.Rangarao and D.Radhamma. Father was the local auditor, and Shanubhogue of Chirnahalli,(ಚೀರನಹಳ್ಳಿ) and Kudinirkatte, (ಕುಡಿನೀರಕಟ್ಟೆ) hobalies, belonging to Holalkere taluk. He was a well known Astrologer.

Honors

 * 1996-97: Visiting research scholar, department of physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 (June-Dec. 1996) ;
 * Visiting research professor, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson.(Jan. -June 1997).
 * 1993: Consultant to India under the Transfer of Knowledge (TOKTEN) program sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
 * 1980-1984: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship. One of twenty-one physicists selected in National Competition on the basis of "exceptional potential to make creative contributions to scientific knowledge in the early stages of career".