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Indian photochemist (1928–2019)

In this [Indian name](/source/Indian_name), the name *Manapurathu Verghese* is a [patronymic](/source/Patronymic), and the person should be referred to by the [given name](/source/Given_name), *George*.

M. V. George Born (1928-10-03)3 October 1928 Ashtamudi, Kollam district, Travancore, British India (present-day Kerala, India)[1] Died 9 December 2019(2019-12-09) (aged 91)[1] Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Alma mater Madras University Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University St. John's College, Agra Known for Studies on mechanism of organic reactions Awards 1973 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 1985 C. V. Raman Award 1990 INSA Professor T. R. Seshadri 70th Birthday Commemoration Medal 1992 TWAS Prize 2001 CRSI Lifetime Achievement Gold Medal Scientific career Fields Photochemistry Laser chemistry Institutions Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology University of Notre Dame Doctoral advisor P. I. Ittyerah Henry Gilman Melvin Spencer Newman Derek Barton Rolf Huisgen Doctoral students K. George Thomas

**Manapurathu Verghese George** (3 October 1928 - 9 December 2019) was an Indian [photochemist](/source/Photochemistry) and an emeritus professor of the [National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology](/source/National_Institute_for_Interdisciplinary_Science_and_Technology) (NIIST).[2] He was known for establishing the Photochemistry Research Unit at NIIST and his studies on the mechanism of [organic reactions](/source/Reaction_mechanism).[3] He is a recipient of the 1992 TWAS Award[4] and an elected fellow of [The World Academy of Sciences](/source/The_World_Academy_of_Sciences),[5] the [Indian National Science Academy](/source/Indian_National_Science_Academy)[6] and the [Indian Academy of Sciences](/source/Indian_Academy_of_Sciences).[7] The [Council of Scientific and Industrial Research](/source/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](/source/Shanti_Swarup_Bhatnagar_Prize_for_Science_and_Technology), one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1973, for his contributions to chemical sciences.[8]

## Biography

St. John's College, Agra

M. V. George, born on 3 October 1928 in the south Indian state of [Kerala](/source/Kerala), graduated in chemistry from [Madras University](/source/University_of_Madras) in 1948 and moved to the [Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University](/source/Dr._Bhimrao_Ambedkar_University) (then known as Agra University) from where he secured his master's degree in 1951.[6] He did his doctoral studies at [St. John's College, Agra](/source/St._John's_College%2C_Agra) of Agra University under the guidance of P. I. Ittyerah, a former principal of the college, and after securing PhD in 1954, he did his post-doctoral studies at various colleges in the US, UK, Germany and Canada.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

He returned to India in 1963 and started his career as a member of faculty at the [Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur](/source/Indian_Institute_of_Technology%2C_Kanpur).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He stayed at the institution for quarter of a century until 1988 during which period he headed the Department of Chemistry from 1966 to 1969, succeeding [C. N. R. Rao](/source/C._N._R._Rao).[9] Returning to his home state of Kerala in 1988, he joined the Regional Research Laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (present-day [National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology](/source/National_Institute_for_Interdisciplinary_Science_and_Technology)) as an emeritus professor and served the institution until his superannuation from service. In between, he had various stints at the [University of Notre Dame](/source/University_of_Notre_Dame) as a visiting professor during 1978–2001.[6]

## Legacy

The main focus of George's research was centered on the mechanical implications of the thermal and photochemical organic reactions.[10] His studies covered different areas of [organometallic chemistry](/source/Organometallic_chemistry) and he worked on [electron transfer](/source/Electron_transfer) processes, [organic reactions](/source/Organic_reaction) and [functional group](/source/Functional_group) transformations. Thus he studied the organic reactions and functional group transformations, heterohexa-1, 3, 5-triene systems with regard to its [electrocyclic reactions](/source/Electrocyclic_reaction) and the synthetic utility and [phototransformations](/source/Phototransformation) of dibenzobarrelenes. He also studied the [picosecond](/source/Picosecond) laser [flash photolysis](/source/Flash_photolysis) techniques and the transient intermediates involved in photoreactions.[6] He was noted for the original approach in his studies of [hetero-aromatic](/source/Heteroaromatic_compound) systems.[10]

George published his research through over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals[11][note 1] and guided a number of doctoral and post-doctoral scholars in their researches. He has contributed chapters to the *Handbook of Chemistry and Physics*,[12] edited by [C. N. R. Rao](/source/C._N._R._Rao)[13] and his works have been cited by various authors in their publications.[14][15] He pioneered photochemistry research at the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology and established the Photochemistry Research Unit at the institution.[2] He was a collaborator of C. N. R. Rao in popularizing science education at academic levels and is associated, as the executive director, with the *Foundation for Capacity Building in Science (FCBS)* initiative which promotes science education among Indian students through seminars and workshops.[16] He also served as a member of the council of the Indian National Science Academy from 1989 to 1991.[6]

## Awards and honors

The Indian Academy of Sciences elected George as a fellow in 1973 before he became an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 1975.[7] The [Council of Scientific and Industrial Research](/source/Council_of_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research) awarded him the [Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize](/source/Shanti_Swarup_Bhatnagar_Prize), one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1973.[17] He received the [C. V. Raman](/source/C._V._Raman) Award in 1985 and the Professor [T. R. Seshadri](/source/T._R._Seshadri) 70th Birthday Commemoration Medal of the Indian National Science Academy in 1990.[18] [The World Academy of Sciences](/source/The_World_Academy_of_Sciences) awarded him the [TWAS Prize](/source/TWAS_Prize) in 1992[4] and two years later, elected him as their fellow.[5] He is also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the [Chemical Research Society of India](/source/Chemical_Research_Society_of_India) and a life member of the society.[19]

## Selected bibliography

### Books

- M. V., George (1971). Rao, C. N. R. (ed.). *Handbook of Chemistry and Physics*. Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc. p. 367. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0442068202](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0442068202).

### Articles

- M. V. George; Abijit Mitra; Kutikat B. Sukumaran (December 1980). "Thermal and Photochemical Transformations of Hetero-1,3,5-hexatrienes into Five-Membered Rings—Possible Pericyclic Reactions". *[Angewandte Chemie](/source/Angewandte_Chemie)*. **19** (12): 973–983. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1002/anie.198009731](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fanie.198009731).

- Suresh Das; Kakkudiyil George Thomas; Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh; Prashant V Kamat; B De La Barre; Manapurathu Verghese George (1992). "Photophysics and Photochemistry of Squaraine Dyes 3 Excited State Properties and Poly 4 Vinylpyridine induced Fluorescence Enhancement of Bis 2 4 6 Trihydroxyphenyl Squaraine". *[Journal of Physical Chemistry](/source/The_Journal_of_Physical_Chemistry_A)*. **96** (25): 10327–10330. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1021/j100204a042](https://doi.org/10.1021%2Fj100204a042).

- Suresh Das; J S Dileep Kumar; Kakkudiyil George Thomas; K Shivaramayya; Manapurathu Verghese George (1995). "Photocatalyzed Multiple Additions of Amines To Alpha Beta Unsaturated Esters and Nitriles Erratum To Document Cited in Ca120 298026". *[The Journal of Organic Chemistry](/source/The_Journal_of_Organic_Chemistry)*. **60** (15): 4958. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1021/jo00120a054](https://doi.org/10.1021%2Fjo00120a054).

- Danaboyina Ramaiah; Abraham Joy; Nese Chandrasekhar; Nadukkudy V Eldho; Suresh Das; Manapurathu Verghese George (May 1997). "Halogenated Squaraine Dyes As Potential Photochemotherapeutic Agents. Synthesis And Study Of Photophysical Properties And Quantum Efficiencies Of Singlet Oxygen Generation". *[Photochemistry and Photobiology](/source/Photochemistry_and_Photobiology)*. **65** (5): 783–790. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01925.x](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1751-1097.1997.tb01925.x). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [96283947](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:96283947).

- [Kakkudiyil George Thomas](/source/K._George_Thomas), V M Biju, Dirk M Guldi, Prashant V Kamat, Manapurathu Verghese George (1999). "Photoinduced Charge Separation and Stabilization in Clusters of A Fullerene Aniline Dyad". *[Journal of Physical Chemistry B](/source/Journal_of_Physical_Chemistry_B)*. **103** (42): 8864–8869. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1021/jp9915679](https://doi.org/10.1021%2Fjp9915679).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list))

- V M Biju; Pallikkara K Sudeep; Kakkudiyil George Thomas; Manapurathu Verghese George; Said Barazzouk; Prashant V Kamat (2002). "Clusters of Bis and Tris Fullerenes". *[Langmuir](/source/Langmuir_(journal))*. **18** (5): 1831–1839. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1021/la011285b](https://doi.org/10.1021%2Fla011285b).

- Manappurathu V. George (August 2003). ["Contributions in organic functional group transformations and photochemical and photophysical studies of selective organic substrates"](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF02704214). *Proc. Indian Acad. Sci*. **115** (4): 225–239. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/BF02704214](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF02704214).

- Cherumuttathu H Suresh; Danaboyina Ramaiah; Manapurathu Verghese George (2007). "Rearrangement of 1 3 Dipolar Cycloadducts Derived From Bis Phenylazo Stilbene A Dft Level Mechanistic investigation". *Journal of Organic Chemistry*. **72** (2): 367–375. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1021/jo061707s](https://doi.org/10.1021%2Fjo061707s). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [17221951](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17221951).

## See also

- [Henry Gilman](/source/Henry_Gilman)

- [Melvin Spencer Newman](/source/Melvin_Spencer_Newman)

- [Derek Barton](/source/Derek_Barton)

- [Rolf Huisgen](/source/Rolf_Huisgen)

- [C. N. R. Rao](/source/C._N._R._Rao)

- [K. George Thomas](/source/K._George_Thomas)

- [India portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:India)
- [Chemistry portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Chemistry)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Please see *Selected bibliography* section

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## External links

- ["Manapurathu Verghese George on Ace Map"](http://acemap.sjtu.edu.cn/author/page?AuthorID=83CB4DB4). Ace Map. 2016.

v t e Recipients of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science 1960s Tuticorin Raghavachari Govindachari (1960) Asima Chatterjee (1961) S. C. Bhattacharyya (1962) B. D. Tilak (1963) Sukh Dev (1964) Sadhan Basu & R. C. Mehrotra (1965) Nanduri Atchuta Ramaiah (1966) Mushi Santappa (1967) C. N. R. Rao (1968) A. C. Jain (1969) 1970s P. T. Narasimhan (1970) M. M. Dhar (1971) S. V. Kessar (1972) A. P. B. Sinha (1972) M. V. George (1973) H. B. Mathur (1973) U. R. Ghatak (1974) K. Nagarajan (1974) D. S. Bhakuni (1975) Animesh Chakravorty (1975) Devadas Devaprabhakara (1976) Mihir Chowdhury (1977) S. Ranganathan (1977) Girjesh Govil (1978) Goverdhan Mehta (1978) 1980s D. Balasubramanian (1981) B. M. Deb (1981) C. L. Khetrapal (1982) G. S. R. Subba Rao (1982) Samaresh Mitra (1983) Naba Kishore Ray (1983) Paramasivam Natarajan (1984) K. J. Rao (1984) P. Balaram (1986) Debashis Mukherjee (1987) Kaushal Kishore (1988) Srinivasan Chandrasekaran (1989) M. K. Chaudhuri (1989) 1990s B. M. Choudary (1990) N. Sathyamurthy (1990) Biman Bagchi (1991) J. S. Yadav (1991) Sumit Bhaduri (1992) Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha (1992) S. R. Gadre (1993) T. Ramasami (1993) E. D. Jemmis (1994) D. D. Sarma (1994) Jayaraman Chandrasekhar (1995) K. L. Sebastian (1995) Narayanan Chandrakumar (1996) Mariappan Periasamy (1996) Kankan Bhattacharyya (1997) Adusumilli Srikrishna (1997) A. R. Chakravarty (1998) K. N. Ganesh (1998) Ganesh Prasad Pandey (1999) Deb Shankar Ray (1999) 2000s Sourav Pal (2000) Pradeep Mathur (2000) Uday Maitra (2001) T. K. Chandrashekar (2001) Murali Sastry (2002) T. K. Chakraborty (2002) Santanu Bhattacharya (2003) S. Ramakrishnan (2005) Srinivasan Sampath (2006) K. George Thomas (2006) Amalendu Chandra (2007) A. Ajayghosh (2007) Thalappil Pradeep (2008) Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy (2008) Charusita Chakravarty (2009) Narayanaswamy Jayaraman(2009) 2010s Swapan Kumar Pati (2010) Sandeep Verma (2010) Balasubramanian Sundaram (2011) Garikapati Narahari Sastry (2011) Gangadhar J. Sanjayan (2012) Govindasamy Mugesh (2012) Yamuna Krishnan (2013) Kavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad (2014) Souvik Maiti (2014) Pradyut Ghosh (2015) D. Srinivasa Reddy (2015) Partha Sarathi Mukherjee (2016) G. Naresh Patwari (2017) Swadhin Kumar Mandal (2018) Rahul Banerjee (2018) Tapas Kumar Maji (2019) 2020s Subi Jacob George (2020) Jyotirmayee Dash (2020) Kanishka Biswas (2021) T Govindaraju (2021) Akkattu T. Biju (2022) Debabrata Maiti (2022)

v t e Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureates of Kerala Biological Sciences N. Balakrishnan Nair K. R. K. Easwaran M. Vijayan Sathees Chukkurumbal Raghavan Deepak T. Nair Chemical Sciences Manapurathu Verghese George E. D. Jemmis Kizhakeyil Lukose Sebastian K. George Thomas Gangadhar J. Sanjayan Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami P. N. Vinayachandran S. K. Satheesh S. Suresh Babu Engineering Sciences S. N. Seshadri Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan Gundabathula Venkateswara Rao Mathematical Sciences Neithalath Mohan Kumar Medical Sciences G. Balakrish Nair Physical Sciences M. G. K. Menon P. K. Iyengar Subodh Raghunath Shenoy Thanu Padmanabhan (*)By birth - (#)By ethnicity - (!)By domicile

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