Background
Basu, Rama was born on June 24, 1933 in Calcutta, India. Daughter of Moni Bhusan and Renuka (Banerjee) Bhattacharyya.
Basu, Rama was born on June 24, 1933 in Calcutta, India. Daughter of Moni Bhusan and Renuka (Banerjee) Bhattacharyya.
I.Sc., Calcutta University, 1951. Bachelor of Science, Calcutta University, 1953. Master of Science, Calcutta University, 1955.
Doctor of Philosophy, Calcutta University, 1958.
Junior research fellow, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Calcutta, 1956-1958; senior research fellow, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Calcutta, 1959-1960; pool officer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Calcutta, 1963-1966; Cordey Morgan Commonwealth fellow, U. London, 1958-1959; fellow, National Science Foundation, Bloomington, Indiana, 1961-1962; guest scientist, Uppsala (Sweden) U., 1962-1963; honorary lecturer, Calcutta U., 1963-1968; lecturer, Calcutta U., 1968-1975; reader, Calcutta U., 1975-1986; professor of chemistry, Calcutta U., since 1986.
Fellow Indian Chemical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Royal Society Chemistry. Member Sigma Delta Upsilon.
Married Sadhan Basu, January 21, 1961. Children: Chaitali, Soumik.