Narayanasami Sathyamurthy
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Narayanasami Sathyamurthy | |
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| Born | July 10, 1951 Sethur, Puducherry, India |
| Alma mater | Annamalai University Oklahoma State University |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Organization(s) | IISER Mohali IIT Kanpur |
Narayansami Sathyamurthy (born July 10, 1951) is an Indian chemist. He is the founding director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, Punjab, India and the President of Chemical Research Society of India.
Sathyamurthy completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Annamalai University. Sathyamurthy moved to the United States where he obtained his Ph.D degree working with L.M. Raff at Oklahoma State University in 1975. He further carried out postdoctoral research in Nobel laureate J.C. Polanyi's laboratory. After that Sathyamurthy joined the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur as a lecturer in 1978. Sathyamurthy became a professor in 1985.
