Chandrasekhara Venkata (C.V) Raman (1888-1970)
Recently the birth anniversary of CV Raman was celebrated.
About CV Raman
- Born at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, he founded
- Indian Journal of Physics.
- Indian Academy of Sciences, registered as Society under Societies Registration Act in 1934.
- Awards: Won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 and Awarded Bharat Ratna in 1954.
- National Science Day is celebrated every year to commemorate his discovery of the Raman Effect in 1928.
- Raman Effect is a phenomenon when a stream of light passes through a liquid, a fraction of light scattered by liquid is of a different colour.
- Values: Scientific rigour, Fortitude, Excellence, Curiosity, etc.
