About the Author
Manjeshwar Anant Bhakta
Manjeshwar Anant Bhakta (M.A.Bhakta), b. 1923, in Mangalore, Karnataka, had his education up to the pre-university level, there; B.S. (1945), M.S. (1947) at the Banaras University; Ph.D. in Chemistry (1964) at New York University; a post-doctoral fellow at the Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame (1964-1966). Lecturer in Chemsitry (1950-1959), Ruia College, Bombay, Reader in Chemistry (1966-1984), Dhempe College, Goa, both affiliated to Bombay University. His speciality: physical chemistry, reaction kinetics, heterogenous catalysis.
In 1951, married Shanti (nee Sumitra, b 1928); they had a very happy married life that lasted 31 years--she died in 1982. After retirement in 1984, he moved to the USA in 1986 and now divides his time between his daughter's and son's families.