Srinivasan Varadarajan (31 March 1928 – 11 May 2022) was an Indian chemist, civil servant, corporate executive and the former chairman of several public sector undertakings such as Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL), Petrofils Cooperative Limited, Engineers India Limited (EIL), and Bridge and Roof Company (India). Born on 31 March 1928 in Tamil Nadu, he obtained two master's degrees (MA and MSc) from Madras University and Andhra University and two doctoral degrees (PhD) from University of Delhi and University of Cambridge and worked as a faculty member at several educational institutions such as Delhi University (1949–53), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1956-57) and Department of Radiotherapeutics, University of Cambridge (1957–59). He was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (1983), Indian Academy of Sciences (1972) and The World Academy of Sciences (1997). The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1985, for his contributions to society.

See also

List of University of Delhi people

List of Madras University alumni

List of University of Cambridge people

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Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service

1928 births

2022 deaths

Scientists from Tamil Nadu

20th-century Indian chemists

Indian business executives

Indian civil servants

University of Madras alumni

Andhra University alumni

Delhi University alumni

Academic staff of Delhi University

Alumni of the University of Cambridge

Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty

Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences

Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy

TWAS fellows

Srinivasan Varadarajan