CHEMIST

Darshan Ranganathan

1941 - 2001

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Darshan Ranganathan (4 June 1941 – 4 June 2001) was an organic chemist from India who was known for her work in bio-organic chemistry, including "pioneering work in protein folding." She was also recognized for her work in "supramolecular assemblies, molecular design, chemical simulation of key biological processes, synthesis of functional hybrid peptides and synthesis of nanotubes.. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Darshan Ranganathan has received more than 92,867 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Darshan Ranganathan is the 598th most popular chemist (down from 541st in 2019), the 1,216th most popular biography from India (down from 950th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Darshan Ranganathan ranks 598 out of 602. Before her are Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, George Church, Harry B. Gray, Sam Ruben, Charles M. Lieber, and Willis R. Whitney. After her are Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, Shahram Amiri, and Carol V. Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Darshan Ranganathan ranks 645. Before her are Joe Caldwell, Ted Strickland, Menzies Campbell, Ronald Keeble, Brian Holland, and Bob Wilson. After her are George Will, Dorothy Hyman, Anita Lonsbrough, Danny Davis, Lucille Roybal-Allard, and Pierre Agostini. Among people deceased in 2001, Darshan Ranganathan ranks 366. Before her are Serhiy Perkhun, Abdulaziz al-Omari, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Rosemary DeCamp, Richard Chelimo, and Waleed al-Shehri. After her are Charlotte Coleman, Toby Wing, David Rocastle, Patricia Robertson, Stephen Malcolm, and Nkosi Johnson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Darshan Ranganathan ranks 1,216 out of 1,861. Before her are Varun Dhawan (1987), Gurdas Maan (1957), Ratna Pathak (1957), Shashi Deshpande (1938), Madhavi (1962), and Adil Hussain (1963). After her are Riteish Deshmukh (1978), Sai Paranjpye (1938), Bob Woolmer (1948), Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970), Harbhajan Singh (1980), and Arjun Sarja (1962).

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Among CHEMISTS In India

Among chemists born in India, Darshan Ranganathan ranks 6. Before her are Kamala Sohonie (1912), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), Asima Chatterjee (1917), C. N. R. Rao (1934), and Yellapragada Subbarow (1895).

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