Adusumilli Srikrishna

Adusumilli Srikrishna
Adusumilli Srikrishna
Born	1 January 1955; Gudivada, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	20 January 2013 (aged 58)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Nagarjuna University; Andhra University; University of Hyderabad; University of Chicago; Columbia University;
Known for	Studies on radical cyclisation and natural products synthesis
Awards	1987 INSA Young Scientist Medal; 1993 Dr. S. Husain Zaheer Young Scientist Award; 1994 B. M. Birla Science Award; 1996 ICS Professor R. D. Desai 80th Birthday Commemoration Award; 1997 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize;
	Scientific career
Fields	Organic chemistry;
Institutions	Indian Institute of Science;
Doctoral advisor	Goverdhan Mehta; Philip Eaton; Gilbert Stork;
Doctoral students	Dhevalapally B. Ramachary

Adusumilli Srikrishna (1955–2013) was an Indian organic chemist and a professor at the department of organic chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science. He was known for his researches on radical cyclisation and natural products synthesis. He was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences, India and the Indian Academy of Sciences. 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 1997, for his contributions to chemical sciences.

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