Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

• November 7^th, 2023, marks the 135^th birth anniversary of the renowned Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman, popularly known as C.V. Raman.

ABOUT C V RAMAN

• Born on November 7th, 1888, in Tiruchirappalli.
• His journey in academia began at Presidency College, Madras, where he passed his B.A. examination in 1904 with flying colors, securing the first place and the gold medal in physics.
• Raman’s pioneering research focused on the scattering of light, a phenomenon that occurs when a beam of light is deflected by molecules.
• His discovery, known as the Raman Effect, revealed that a small fraction of the scattered light acquires different wavelengths than that of the original light.
• The Raman Effect has since been applied with great success in various fields of molecular physics and has effectively helped to check the symmetry properties of molecules, thus addressing problems concerning nuclear spin in atomic physics.
• He was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his groundbreaking work on the scattering of light and the discovery of the effect named after him, the Raman Effect.
  • Raman became the first Asian to receive a Nobel Prize in any branch of science.
  • C.V. Raman was awarded the Bharat Ratna by the Government of India in 1954.
• He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society early in his career in 1924, and was knighted in 1929.
• He sponsored the establishment of the Indian Academy of Sciences and served as its President since its inception.
• After retiring from IISc in 1948, CV Raman established the Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru in 1949.
  • He served as the director and remained active in the institute until his passing in 1970.