Girjesh Govil
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Girjesh Govil (25 September 1940 – 12 October 2021) was an Indian molecular biophysicist and a Raja Ramanna professor at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.[1] He was known for his researches on semi-empirical quantum chemical theories.[2] He was an elected fellow of The World Academy of Sciences,[3] and all the three major Indian science academies viz. the National Academy of Sciences, India,[4] Indian National Science Academy[5] and the Indian Academy of Sciences.[6] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1978, for his contributions to chemical sciences.[7]
Biography
Girjesh Govil, born to Mangalsen - Dharamdevi couple on 25 September 1940 at
Govil was married to Anuradha Mithal and the couple has a son, Anurag and two daughters, Shalini and Shivani. He lived in Mumbai.[6]
Legacy
Govil got attracted to the then new field of
Govil has guided several doctoral scholars in their researches and has served as a TWAS professor at Kathmandu University.[5] He has presided over the International Council for NMR in Biological Systems, the Indian Biophysical Society,[14] the Indian Chemical Society and has served as the vice president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. He has been associated with the Indian National Science Academy as the secretary of its council from 1989 to 1991 and as an additional member in 2002.[5]
Awards and honors
The
Selected bibliography
Books
- Girjesh Govil; Ramakrishna V. Hosur (1981). NMR. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-0-387-10769-1.
- K.V.R. Chary; Girjesh Govil (8 April 2008). NMR in Biological Systems: From Molecules to Human. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4020-6679-5.
- Asoke Nath Mitra (author), Girjesh Govil (contributor) (2009). India in the World of Physics: Then and Now. Pearson Education India. pp. 289–. )
- Das Gupta (editor), Girjesh Govil (contributor) (2011). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, c.1784-1947: Project of History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, Volume XV, Part 4. Pearson Longman. pp. 63–. )
Articles
- Girjesh Govil (March 2007). "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in India: A Historical Sketch". eMagRes. .
- E. Neu; M. C. Michailov; U. Welscher; J. Foltinova; Viktor Foltin; Dugble Martin; Erich Gornik; Girjesh Govil; S. Gupta; M. Sharma-Kaune; S. Kuznetsov; Dieter G. Weiss (June 2015). "On education and research in neurology Part I: necessity of regular implication of physiology". European Journal of Neurology. 22: 489. .
- E. Neu; M. C. Michailov; U. Welscher; G. Werner; A. Werner-Srivastava; Girjesh Govil; S. Gupta; M. Sharma-Kaune; S. Kuznetsov; G. -R. Stainov; Dieter G. Weiss (June 2015). "On education and research in neurology Part II: regular congress reports on example of physiology". European Journal of Neurology. 22: 490. .
- Ragini Sinha, Girjesh Govil (July 2016). "NMR studies of model biological membranes and whole cellls". Journal- Indian Chemical Society. 93 (7): 689–692.
See also
Notes
- ^ Please see Selected bibliography section
References
- ^ a b "Raja Ramanna fellow" (PDF). CBS Raipur. 2016.
- ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ a b "TWAS fellow". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.
- ^ a b "NASI Fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016.
- ^ a b c "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Girjesh Govil on ResearchGate". 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-4020-6679-5.
- ISBN 978-0-387-10769-1.
- ISBN 978-81-317-1579-6.
- ISBN 978-81-317-5375-0.
- ^ "Indian Biophysical Society". Indian Biophysical Society. 2016.
- ^ "Chemical Sciences". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2016.