N. V. Madhusudana

N. V. Madhusudana
Born	(1944-05-09) 9 May 1944 (age 80) Mysore, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	University of Mysore
Known for	Studies on liquid crystals
Awards	1989 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2000 MRSI Superconductivity and Materials Science Prize
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Sarada Vilas College University of Mysore Raman Research Institute University of Paris-Saclay University of Bordeaux University of Hyderabad
Doctoral advisor	Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar

Nelamangala Vedavyasachar Madhusudana (born 9 May 1944) is an Indian physicist and an emeritus scientist at Raman Research Institute. Known for his research on liquid crystals, Madhusudhana is an elected fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences and Indian National Science Academy. 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, for his contributions to physical sciences in 1989.^[1]