written articles about the state of science education and research in India,, and about the current status of chemistry research in India, where he has identified problems and suggested solutions in situations that are, in part, expected in a country that is rooted in the traditional but yet aspires for the contemporary. Desiraju strongly believes that if a sense of "Indian-ness" is inculcated in Indian students and young scientists, a modern competitive spirit and adherence to professionalism will enter the education and research area of India automatically. He feels that this essential spirit is now largely lacking and that it is the chief cause of the present sluggishness in our R&D sectors. It is in this spirit that he has written his most recent book "Bharat: India 2.0" which describes India as a civilisational state where the concept of dharma needs to be explicitly invoked in the constitution and where the full diversity of the country is optimally showcased. More is given in his web page at desiraju.in ISI Ratings His has written four books. His first (single author) book on crystal engineering (1989) has around 4000 cites. His second book (co-authored with Thomas Steiner in 1999) on the weak hydrogen bond has around 7500 cites. His third book is a textbook on crystal engineering (2010) and is co-authored with J. J. Vittal and A. Ramanan. His 1995 review in Angewandte Chemie has been cited more than 5000 times and is the paper with the second largest number of citations from India. Seven of his 479 publications have been cited 1000 or more times, 14 over 500, 41 over 200, and 81 over 100. As of July 2022, he has an h-index of 100 in Web of Science and this makes him the second most highly cited scientist in India, and the one with the highest m-index. His fourth book Bharat: India 2.0 (2022), the first non-scientific one, is referred to above. References and notes External links Desiraju Homepage 1952 births University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Academic staff of the Indian Institute of Science Indian crystallographers TWAS laureates Indian chemists Indian scientists Living people Telugu people