History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c4.15

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In 1916 he retired from the Presidency College and assumed charge as the Head of the Department and Palit Professor of Chemistry in the newly started University College of Science, Calcutta Both at the Presidency College and at the University College of Science, Rây succeeded in training and inspiring successive bands of devoted research workers who dedicated themselves to scientific career. Gradually an Indian School of Chemistry came into being, largely through his example and influence. The publications from his laboratories at the Presidency College and the University College dealt with a large variety of chemical problems and numbered about a couple of hundred He took a leading part in the inauguration of the Indian Chemical Society in 1924, of which he was the Founder President for the first two terms The Society received liberal finacial aids from him from time to time