Background
Rudrappa, Chandrasekhar was born on June 18, 1954 in Tavarekere, Karnataka, India. Son of Rudrappa Basavanahalli and Maheswaramma.
Rudrappa, Chandrasekhar was born on June 18, 1954 in Tavarekere, Karnataka, India. Son of Rudrappa Basavanahalli and Maheswaramma.
Bachelor of Science, Yuvaraja.s College, Mysore, 1976. Master of Science in Botany, Mysore University, 1978. Master of Technology in Applied Botany, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1991.
Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.
Lecturer botany Rural College, Kanakapura, 1978—1979. Research scholar Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 1979—1981. Science assistant Central Institute Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Bangalore, 1980—1981.
Assistant botanist Rubber Research Institute India, Kottayam, India, 1981—1991, botanist, 1991—2006, senior scientist Kadaba, since 2006.
Married Savithra Chandrasekhar. Children: Asha Chandrasekhar, Deepa Chandrasekhar, Manjunath Chandrasekhar.