C. V. Raman
7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970) was an Indian physicist who discovered the Raman effect, the inelastic scattering of light by molecules, in 1928. He became the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in the sciences when he received the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics. He later directed the Indian Institute of Science and founded the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore.
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Life events
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born in Tiruchirapalli in the Madras Presidency to a Tamil Brahmin family.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRaman graduated at the top of his class from Presidency College, completing his master's degree with highest distinctions in 1907.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRaman married Lokasundari Ammal, with whom he had two sons.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRaman worked as an assistant accountant general in Calcutta while pursuing physics research in his spare time at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRaman left government service to become the first Palit Professor of Physics at the University of Calcutta.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRaman and his collaborator K. S. Krishnan discovered the inelastic scattering of light, announced on 28 February 1928, now commemorated as National Science Day in India.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRaman received the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light, becoming the first Asian Nobel laureate in the sciences.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRaman moved to Bangalore to serve as the first Indian director of the Indian Institute of Science.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRaman established the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore in 1948 and received India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1954.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgC. V. Raman died at the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore at the age of 82.
Source: en.wikipedia.org