Gautam R. Desiraju

Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju is an Indian structural chemist, educationist and an emeritus professor at the Indian Institute of Science. He worked on crystal engineering and weak hydrogen bonding where he has published seminal texts in 1989 and 1999. He co-authored a textbook in crystal engineering (2011). With more than 65000 citations and an h-index of 104 he is the second most highly cited scientist in India. He has written a book entitled "Bharat: India 2.0" in 2022 in which he argues that the present constitution is inadequate for a 5000 year civilisation. Provided by Wikipedia