IIT Mandi Professor Gautam R Desiraju Receives 14th Ewald Prize in Crystallography
Professor Gautam R Desiraju, Distinguished Professor at IIT Mandi and Emeritus Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, has been awarded the 14th Ewald Prize by the International Union of Crystallography for his pioneering work in crystal engineering and the supramolecular synthon concept. The prize, presented at the IUCr Congress in Calgary, Canada, recognises outstanding contributions to crystallography. Desiraju's research transformed crystal engineering into a predictive discipline and is widely regarded as a top honour in structural chemistry.
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