Indian President Pranab Mukherjee presents the Bharat Ratna Award 2014 to Prof Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao and master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, at an Investiture Ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, India on February 04, 2014. C N Rao is one of India's most renowned scientists and is known for his work in solid state and structural chemistry and has contributed immensely to the field in the last five decades. He is the honorary president of Bangalore's Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, which he founded in 1989.