Progenitors and Remnants" (1985). He had been the chairman of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy. Important contributions Radhakrishnan worked in the Raman Research Institute. He was instrumental and closely involved with the construction of the 10.4 meter millimeter wave radio antenna in the Institute which has been used to study various astrophysical phenomena producing original contributions in pulsar astronomy as well as recombination line studies of the interstellar medium. He made important contributions in various other areas. Deuterium abundance in the galaxy, Astrophysical Raman Masers, OH emission from clouds and later on building of the low frequency telescopes at Gauribidanur and Mauritius were some of the hallmarks of his career. He was invited to deliver the Milne Lecture in Oxford in 1987, and also gave the Jansky Lecture in 2000. He was the member of International Astronomical Union (IAU) and served on many of its committees, including Division VI Commission 34 on Interstellar Matter, Division X Commission 40 on Radio Astronomy, Division XI Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics, Division VI Interstellar Matter, Division X Radio Astronomy, and Division IX Space & High Energy Astrophysics. Personal life He was married to Mrs. Francoise-Dominique Barnard. They have a son Vivek Radhakrishnan. Sources Raman Research Institute official website "M. P. Birla Memorial Award 2005: Professor Venkataraman Radhakrishnan" 1929 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Indian astronomers Scientists from Chennai Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Chandrasekhar family University of Mysore alumni Academic staff of the Indian Institute of Science 20th-century American scientists