"Fifty years is a very long period. The first 30–35 years – we could call this period as one when India equipped itsel…"

"Since I set up the Unit, the area of solid state chemistry is no longer called so but is called chemistry of material…"

"I feel basic science is getting its due now. I used to say earlier that Dr Homi Bhabha should get this honour and als…"

"My hero is Nobel Laureate Neville Mott who published four papers at the age of 92 when he died."

"Music for me is therapeutic."

"Nanoparticles constitute a major class of nanomaterials. Nanoparticles are zero-dimensional, possessing nonmetric dim…"

"I feel the Indian industry should contribute to help the government towards scientific research. The government alone…"

"Also, we need to give importance to value systems to promote innovation. We need to develop an ecosystem of innovatio…"

"Our society has created a bunch of icons and role models who are distorting not just the future of this city [Bangalo…"

"I have been working in the area of solid state chemistry for nearly four decades. When I first got seriously interest…"