| Intro | Indian scientist |
| Is | Scientist |
| From | India |
| Type | Science |
| Gender | female |
Prabha R. Chatterji is an Indian scientist at John F. Welch Technology Centre (formerly General Electric Global Research and Technology Development center), Bangalore, India. She has been formerly a senior scientist at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad and a past member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India. She works primarily related to scientific and technical education in India.
Education and career
She graduated from a small college in a nondescript village near Ottappalam in Kerala. As a college student, she was awarded National Science Talent Search Scholarship by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. This scholarship helped her pursue her post graduation, PhD and subsequently a career in Science.
Prabha’s career trajectory involves stint in academia to governmental R&D and then to Industry.
Works
Chatterji has published 41 papers and has an h-index of 16.
- Chatterji, Prabha R. “Gelatin with hydrophilic/hydrophobic grafts and glutaraldehyde crosslinks”. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 37 (8): 2203–2212. doi:10.1002/app.1989.070370812.
- Chatterji, Prabha R. (5 August 1990). “Interpenetrating hydrogel networks. I. The gelatin–polyacrylamide system”. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 40 (34): 401–410. doi:10.1002/app.1990.070400308.
Awards
Chatterji is a recipient of the Vasvik Award (industrial research) and the MRSI Lecture award.