Hirdaya Behari Mathur

Hirdaya Behari Mathur (27 May 1928 – 12 January 1980) was an Indian physical chemist and the director of Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment, Kanpur. He was known for his studies on radioactive isotopes and solid state diffusion of metals. Mathur was a fellow of Sigma Xi and an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and the Indian Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1973, for his contributions to chemical sciences.

Biography H. B. Mathur, born on 17 May 1928, graduated in chemistry from Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University (formerly known as Agra University) in 1946 and passed his master's degree from University of Delhi in 1948. Moving to the US, he secured a PhD in physical chemistry from University of California, Berkeley in 1954.

Besides several articles published in peer-reviewed journals, Mathur authored a book, Radiochemical and Spectrometer Studies of Some New Nuclear Isomers Prepared by Cyclotron Bombardment and contributed a chapter to a book, Spectroscopy in Inorganic Chemistry - Vol I which was edited by C. N. R. Rao. His articles have been cited by several authors in their publications. He was a member of the Uttar Pradesh State Council of Science and Technology and was associated with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research as a member of their Catalyst Research Committee and Metals Research Committee.

Mathur died on 12 January 1980 at the age of 51.

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