Thirumalachari Ramasami
Thirumalachari Ramasami, Indian leather chemist (Kolkata 15 April 1948 – Authored over 240 papers ACHIEVEMENTS Developed innovative technologies and without international equivalents Developed technologies for improved tanning salts and systems for leather field Significantly advanced the understanding of the factors controlling the reactivity and applications of chromium compounds in biological matrices such as chromium induced apoptosis of human lymphocytes Successfully related assemblies and long-range ordering phenomena in biosystems to the functional properties Demonstrated stabilization of unusual oxidation states of chromium Demonstrated anomalous reactivity of chromium III PATENTS (41; incomplete list) With U.S. Kasiviswanathan, N.M. Devasikhamani, K.A. Kalai, A.K. Johnson, V. Arummugan, R. Sanjeevi & A.M. Baran. Detachable mrudangam IN2013DE00804A (2013) With B. Unni Nair, J. Raghava Rao, J.K. Sreeram, R. Natraj, R. Aravindhan & S. Saravanabhavan. Tanning composition for tanning leather, contains biopolymer chosen from sodium alginate, starchh and/or carrageenan, protein hydrolysate, sodium metabisulfite and acrylic/metacrylic, each in specified range DE102007051378A1 (2007) With R. Natraj, S. Saravanabhavan, R. Aravindhan, S.J. Kalarical, J.R. Rao & B.U. Nair. Process for the preparation of synthetic tanning agent for improved leather characteristics US20080229511A1 (2007) With P. Thanikaivelan, S. Saravanabhavan, J.R. Rao, B. Chandrasekaran & B.U. Nair. An improved process for dehairing and fibre opening of hide/skin WO2008093353A1 (2007) With S.S. Nilegaonkar, U.P. Zambare, P.P. Kanekar, P.K. Dhakephalkar, S.S. Sarnaik, N.K.C. Babu, B. Ramaniah, R. Rajaram, Y.K. Saikumari & P. Balaram. Novel protease for industrial applications US20080220499A1 (2007) IN2006DE02471A (2006) With K.J. Sreeram, H.Y. Srivastava, B. Unni Nair & U.V. Varadaraju. Nano sized sulfide compounds of cerium and a process for the preparation thereof US7247291B2 (2006) With S. Saravanabhavan, P. Thanikaivelan, J. Raghava Rao, B. Unni Nair & C. Bangaru. Process for the preparation of bio-tanning agent CA2592856C (2004) US20060137103A1 (2004) With S. Saravanabhavan, P. Thanikaivelan, J. Raghava Rao & B. Unni Nair. Bio-tanning process for leather making US7651531B2 (2004) WO2006067801A1 (2004) With K.J. Sreeram & B. Unni Nair. Process for preparation of inorganic colorants from mixed rare earth compounds US7279036B2 (2004) WO2006067799A1 (2004) With M. Chandrabose, N.N. Fathima, K.J. Sreeram, J.R. Rao & B.U. Nair. Process for making wet-pink leather US7252687B2 (2004) WO2006067540A1 (2004) With S. Saravanabhavan, P. Thanikaivelan, J.R. Rao, B. Chandrasekaran & B.U. Nair. Transposed process for making leather US7033402B2 (2004) With S. Kalarical. A process for simultaneous recovery of chromium and iron from chromite ore processing residue WO/2004/040027 (2004) IN1093DE2002A (2002) With M. Kanthimahi, P. Thanikaivelan, J. Raghava Rao & B. Unni Nair. Process for the preparation of a formaldehyde-free synthetic tanning agent US7118603B2 (2003) With M. Kanthimahi, B. Unni Nair, J. Raghava Rao & P. Thanikailevan. A process for the preparation of a synthetic tanning agent EP1656460B1 (2003) With D. Lakshmanan, B. Thangaraj, S. Krishnan, N. Samivelu & P.G. Rao. Device for leather processing US6935144B2 (2003) EP1470260B1 (2003) DE60325017D1 (2003) With S. Saravanabhavan, P. Thanikailevan, J.R. Rao & B.U. Nair. Dehairing and fiber opening process for complete elimination of lime and sodium sulfide US6957554B2 (2003) With B.U. Nair, J.R. Rao & P. Thanikailaven. A novel ecofriendly bio-process for leather processing AU2003274440B2 (2003) With M. Kanthimahi, B. Unni Nair, J. Raghava Rao & P. Thanikaivelan. Process for preparing a synthetic aluminium tanning agent AU2002348767B2 (2002) US7169191B2 (2003) With S. Saravanabhavan, P. Thanikaivelan, J. Raghava Rao & B. Unni Nair. A lime sulphide-free dehairing and fibre opening process WO2005049871A1 (2003) With P. Mukundan, P. Peruman, B.G.S. Prasad, A.H. DeVries, J. Van der Zwan & J.A.M. Denissen. A process for the preparation of tiles/bricks useful for building construction IN190757B (1995) With K.V. Srinivasan, L. Vijayalakshmi, K.C.B. Narasimhan & G. Thyagarajan. A process for the preparation of water soluble methacrylic acid based copolymers IN186398B (1993) With Y. Lakshminarayana, K.S.Y. Srinivasan, N. Radhakrishnan, S. Ramalingam, K. Parthasarathi, K. Subramanyam, Jayaraman & K.T. Joseph. A process for the preparation of a new water dispersable acrylic copolymer having molecular weight less than 10,000 IN178232B (1989) With S. Ramalingam, K.S. Jayaraman, G. Thyagarajan, K.S.Y. Srinivasan & K.T. Joseph. A process for the preparation of soft acrylic emulsion for use as binder for leather finishes IN167620B (1986) LINKS www.insaindia.res.in/detail/P05-1397
Theodoro Augusto Ramos
Theodoro Augusto Ramos, Brazilian mathematician and engineer (São Paulo 26 June 1895 – Rio de Janeiro 05 December 1937) Proposed representation of two-variable sum functions by Weierstrass double integral Sobre as funcções de variáveis reaes. Doctoral thesis, Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro (1918) Explained hydrogen spectrum bands using Relativity Theory independent from Sommerfeld A theoria da Relatividade e as Raias Espectraes do Hydrogenio. Revista Polytechnica 74:181-88, 1923 Sobre a estrutura do Espectro das raias do Hydrogenio. Revista Polytechnica 78-9:503-7, 1923 His work Integrais definidas das funções discontínuas (1926) received a laudation from French mathematician Emile Borel In this work Named Mensurable functions to a one additive set function Established a necessary and sufficient condition for which is finite the corresponding potential to a mass distribution with quasi-periodic characters A propósito das notas dos srs. Borel e Amoroso Costa. Rev. Acad. Bras. Sci. 1:74-5, 1926 His book Leçons sur Le Calcul Vetoriel (1930) was regarded as a valuable didactic work from European circles and in particular from Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Nota sobre as curvas esphericas reversas. Rev. Did. Escola Polit. Rio de Janeiro 12:75-8, 1918 Nota sobre uma formula de interpretação. Rev. Did. Escola Polit. Rio de Janeiro 14:65-70, 1918 Notas sobre a fórmula de Stokes e de Ostrogradsky. Rev. Sciencias 4(3):95-6, 1920 Sobre um problema de estabilidade. Rev. Bras. Eng. 4(5):265-70, 1922 Sobre um problema de equilibrio estático. Rev. Ciencia 6:8-9, 1922 Applicação do calculo vetorial ao estudo do movimento de um ponto material sobre uma superfície rugosa e fixa em um meio resistente. Annaes Acad. Bras. Sci. 5(4):175-200, 1933 Sobre a representação approximada de uma integral hyperelliptica (1933) Algumas propriedades de uma integral hyperelliptica. Annaes Acad. Bras. Sci. 4(3):123-4, 1934
Thekkepat Ramakrishnan
Thekkepat Ramakrishnan, Indian biochemist (Bangalore 14 March 1922 – Bangalore 15 February 2008) Elucidated the metabolism and molecular biology of Mycobacteria Elucidated the mechanism of action of antitubercle drugs like isoniazid, streptomycin and rifampicin First reported the enzyme isocitrate lyase Isolated the first transducing phage for Mycobacteria Proposed RNA polymerase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a good target for devising new drugs
Teodoro Rojas
Teodoro Rojas Vera, Paraguayan botanist and plant collector (Asunción 25 September 1877 – Asunción 03 September 1954) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Catalogo de las gramineas del Herbario del Jardín Botanico de Asunción (1944) Los algarrobos del Paraguay. Darwiniana 5:276-9, 1941 Observaciones sobre las “cañas tacuaras” del Paraguay. Rev. Arg. Agron. 3(4):254-6, 1936 With K. Fiebrig. Flora y gea del Nordeste de Paraguay (1935) With K. Fiebrig. Ensayo fitogeográfico sobre el Chaco Boreal. Rev. Jard. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paraguay (1933) Maderas del Paraguay. Bol. Tierras y Colonias (1925) With M. Michalowski, K. Fiebrig & J. Vogt. Las arboles y arbustos del Paraguay. Rev. Jard. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paraguay 3 (1924) Herbario del Jardín Botanico del Paraguay. Rev. Jard. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paraguay 2:154-92, 1923 Las monocotiledôneas (1923) Las pteridofitas (1922) Herbario del Jardín Botanico del Paraguay. Rev. Jard. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paraguay 1:145-63, 1921 With G. Schouten. Las utricularias o lentibularias del Paraguay. Rev. Soc. Sci. Paraguay 4(1):7-9, With J.P. Carabia. Breve reseña de la vegetación paraguaya HONORS Rojasia Malme 1907 (Asclepiadaceae) LINKS http://www.qui.una.py/botanicafcq/Vol%207%20(1)%202005/Schinini%20Rojasiana%207_1.pdf (in Spanish)
Teobaldo Ricaldoni
Teobaldo Julio Ricaldoni Saroldi, Uruguayan-born Argentine engineer, physicist and inventor (Montevideo 24 May 1861 or 1865 – La Plata, Buenos Aires Province 22 September 1923) From Italian parentage Brother of Americo Ricaldoni ACHIEVEMENTS IN ASTRONOMY Performed discoveries on Neptune and Pluto Predicted a Mercury moon in magmatic state INVENTIONS Wireless telegraph (1899) and its receiver A new system of wireless radial transmission Panoramoscope, a new periscope system (1908) A new design of parachute Propelling system for navigation without wings or propellers Ornitoptero, a new design of helicopter A torpedoes deviation system Brush fire, a novel weapon design “Electric Cannon” Life buoy named El Salvator A novel submarine design that included other 27 additional inventions (1892) Ricaldoni switch (1899) and the transmitter, 2 communication devices A voltage reducing device (Ricaldoni reducer) Contact wheel between the cables and the trolley A vibrator A magnetic Cannon Numbered marks Motion trains communication Intellect Meter Can opener Hydraulic lift Oxygen bag and packaging Improvements in electric vibrators for telephone and telegraphy (1900)
Taracad Subramania Ramakrishnan
Taracad Subramania Ramakrishnan, Indian mycologist and plant pathologist (Malabar District, Madras 25 August 1899 – 02 December 1971) Authored over 85 papers Established efficient methods of control of most of the diseases affecting the rubber tree CONTRIBUTIONS With V. Seethalakshmi. Phytophthora cyperi-bulbosi sp.nov. on Cyperus bulbosus Vahl. Curr.Sci. 22:149-50, 1953 With N.V. Sundaram. A new rust of Antidesma in India. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 35:26-8, 1952 Two new rusts from South India. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 34:141-5, 1951 With K.V. Srinivasan. On two new rust fungi. Curr. Sci. 19 (1):25-7, 1950 With K. Ramakrishnan. Chaconia tectonae Ramakrishnan T.S. & K. sp.nov. on teak. Indian Phytopathology 2:17-9, 1949 Uromyces acori Ramakrishnan & Rangaswami sp.nov. on Acorus calamus L. Curr. Sci. 17(8), 1948 With K. Ramakrishnan. A new rust on Dalbergia paniculata Roxb. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 26:60-3, 1947 With C.K. Soumini. A new rust on Premna tomentosa Willd. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. B 25:35-7, 1947 A leaf spot disease of Zingiber officinale caused by Phyllosticta zingiberi n.sp. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. B 20:167-71, 1942 A leafspot disease of Andropogon sorghum caused by Cercospora sorghi E & E. Mem. Dep. Agric. India Bot. Ser. 18:259-79, 1931 HONORS Ramakrishnanella Kamat & Ullasa 1970 (Fungi)