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Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (/ ˈ r ɑː m ə n /; [1] 7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970), known simply as C. V. Raman, [2] was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering. [3]
V. Shanta (great-niece of C. V. Raman, niece of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar) was a prominent oncologist and researcher. In 2005, she received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. Uma Parameswaran (great-niece of C. V. Raman, niece of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar) is a noted Indo-Canadian author of South Asian literature and a biographer ...
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (C. V. Raman), physicist (1888–1970 CE) Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician (1887–1920 CE) Satya Churn Law, naturalist and ornithologist (1888–1984 CE) Sisir Kumar Mitra, radio and atmospheric physicist (1890–1963 CE) Birbal Sahni, paleobotanist (1891–1949 CE)
C. V. Raman: Tamil Nadu: 1888-1970 Raman was a physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering. [87] He is known for the discovery of Raman scattering and Raman spectroscopy and was presented the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. [88] 1955 Bhagwan Das: Uttar Pradesh: 1869-1958 Bhagwan Das was an independence activist, theosophist ...
Rabindranath Tagore was the first person of Indian origin and also first Asian to be awarded with the Nobel Prize. [1] He received the prize for Literature in 1913.. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed on "those who conferred the greatest benefit on humankind" in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economic Sciences, [A ...
In 1930, C. V. Raman became the first Asian recipient of a Nobel Prize in one of the sciences. The most Nobel Prizes awarded to Asians in a single year was in 2014, when five Asians became laureates. The most Nobel Prizes awarded to Asians in a single year was in 2014, when five Asians became laureates.
CV Raman was born in Trichy, Tamil Nadu to Tamil parents, Chandrashekaran Ramanathan Iyer and Parvathi Ammal. At an early age, Raman moved to the city of Visakhapatnam and studied at St Aloysius Anglo-Indian High School. [2]
National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28 each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928. For his discovery, Sir C.V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.