Holalkere Rangarao Chandrasekhar, (ಹೊಳಲ್ಕೆರೆ ರಂಗರಾವ್ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ್) [1] known as "Chandra",[2] was a professor of physics, department chair and director of graduate studies at the University of Missouri.
He is an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a past consultant to the United Nations Development under the TOKTEN project.
Chandrasekhar was born at Holalkere,[3]a small hamlet in Chitradurga district, Karnataka to father H. V. Rangarao [4] and mother D.
[5] His father was the local auditor and the Shanubhogue of Chirnahalli and Kudinirkatte.
He was a well-known astrologer.