Biography

Ram Charan Mehrotra, Indian inorganic chemist (Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 16 February 1922 – Jaipur 11 July 2004)

Authored about 500 research papers

Suggested the applicability of an universal type of indicators with acidic and basic functions

Described the synthesis and properties of a number of highly polymeric species

First successfully synthesized aluminum carboxylates (1953)