Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

Raghunath Anant Mashelkar is also known as Ramesh MashelkarHe is the former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), a chain of 38 publicly funded industrial research and development institutions in IndiaMashelkar studied at the University of Bombays Department of Chemical Technology (now the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai) where he obtained a Bachelors degree in Chemical engineering in 1966, later on a PhD degree in 1969Mashelkar is presently the President of Global Research Alliance, a network of publicly funded research and development institutes from AsiaPacific, South Africa, Europe and USA with over 60,000 scientists He is also the Chairperson of Indias National Innovation Foundation He is also appointed as the first Chairperson of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)Mashelkar is the former President of the Indian National Science Academy and the UK Institution of Chemical Engineers (2007