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Biography

Raghavan received his early education in Kerala (India) before earning his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, working with Professor J. Chandrasekhar. After a couple of years of postdoctoral research in 乐天堂app下载 laboratory of Professor Christopher Hadad at 乐天堂app下载 Ohio State University, Columbus (USA), he returned to India in 2003.

He took up an independent position in 乐天堂app下载 department of chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where he is currently a professor and 乐天堂app下载 class of 1998 chair in quantum computing as well as 乐天堂app下载 convener for supercomputing.

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RSC affiliations

• Editorial board, Chem Soc Rev