An Inspiration To Young Researchers Sir C V

An Inspiration To Young Researchers Sir. C. V. RAMAN

Sir C. V. Raman brilliant industrious disciplined original thinker

Inspiration � Edwin’s � Arnold’s Light of Asia The Elements of Euclid �Helmholtz’s Tone The Sensations of

Education �Completed � his school at the age of eleven Intermediate in his father’s college �Joined BA course at the age of thirteen at Presidency College �M. A. Physics in Presidency College [Topped everywhere]

Career � FCS Exam-Assistant Accountant General �Palit Professor of Physics in Calcutta University �Indian Institute of Science �Raman Research Institute

Publications Philosophical Magazine Physical Review Nature Current Science Proceedings of the Academy

Research �Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science-Musical Instruments(acoustics) �University of Cal. Cutta-optics

Raman Effect-Background Voyage through Mediterranean Sea to Oxford University- Lord Rayleigh’s discovery of the blue colour of the sky-Compton Effect-

Raman Effect light can undergo a scattering through a liquid (modified scattering ) February 28 in 1928 - National Science Day Nobel Prize to C. V. Raman in 1930

Last Days �Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Director �Raman Research Institute, Bangalore �Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore Research, organizational work, mentoring students in research, editing ournals 21 November, 1970 –died due to natural cause-funeral in Institute campus-a solitary tree as a mark

Tribute Raman’s determination, spirit, and contributions indeed remain special within the context of the practice of science in India.