Prafulla Chandra Ray

Birth 2nd August 1861
Death 16 June 1944

He was an Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist from Bengal. He established the first modern Indian research school in chemistry and is regarded as the father of Indian chemistry.

The Royal Society of Chemistry honoured his life and work with the first ever chemical landmark plaque outside Europe. He was the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India’s first pharmaceutical company. He is the author of A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century (1902).)