India has always been the land of knowledge and science. Even today, be it DRDO, BARC, ISRO or NTRO, their achievements are making the country proud. These scientific achievements stand on the foundation of the achievements of many scientists and mathematicians. One such scientist was Chandrashekhar Venkataraman, famously known as CV Raman.
C.V. Raman was an Indian physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930.
Raman was born on November 7, 1888 in Tiruchirappalli, southern India. His parents were Chandrasekhar Ramanathan Iyer and Parvati Ammal. His father was a lecturer in mathematics and physics, so he was immersed in an academic environment from early on. He joined the Presidency College, Madras in 1902 and graduated with a B.A. in 1904. passed to. B.A. In this examination he won first place and gold medal in Physics. In the year 1907, he obtained M.A. with highest distinction. Received degree of_.
After earning a master's degree in physics from the Presidency College of the University of Madras in 1907, Raman became an accountant in the Finance Department of the Government of India. Although his office occupied most of his time, Raman found opportunities to conduct experimental research in the laboratory of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Calcutta (of which he became honorary secretary in 1919).
In 1917 he taught as Professor of Physics at the University of Calcutta. After 15 years in Calcutta he became professor at IISc-B of the Indian Institute of Science (1933–1948) in Bangalore, and in 1948 he became director of the Raman Institute of Research in Bangalore, which he himself had founded.
In the year 1930, he received the 'Nobel Prize' for his research on light, which was later called 'Raman Effect'. In 1954, he was awarded 'Bharat Ratna' by the Government of India.
While working in the laboratory in 1970, he suffered a massive heart attack. On November 21, 1970, he breathed his last at the Raman Research Institute. The works and achievements of Sir Chandrashekhar Venkata Raman will always inspire present and future scientists.
| IMPORTANT DATES | |
| November 7, 1888 | Birth, Tiruchchirāppalli (India) |
| 1904 | Obtained BSc degree in Physics, Presidency College, University of Madras, Chennai (India) |
| 1907 | Initially decided to pursue a non-scientific career, Indian Finance Department |
| 1907 | Obtained MA degree, Presidency College, University of Madras, Chennai (India) |
| 1918 | Palit Chair of Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (India) |
| 1919 | Honorary Secretary, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (India). |
| 1922 | Published “Molecular Diffraction of Light” |
| 1924 | Fellow, Royal Society |
| 1928 | Discovered the Radiation Effect, now called the Raman Effect |
| 1929 | Knighted |
| 1930 | Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics “for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him” |
| 1933 – 1948 | Professor of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India) |
| 1948 | Director and Founder, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore (India) |
| 1954 | He was awarded the Bharat Ratna |
| 1957 | Awarded by Lenin Peace Prize |
| 1970 | Death, Bangalore (India) |
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