National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February
each year to mark the discovery of the Raman
effect by Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928
For his discovery, Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
In 1986, the National
Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) asked the Government of India to designate 28 February as
National Science Day. The event is now celebrated all over the country in
schools, colleges, universities and other academic, scientific, technical,
medical and research institutions. On the occasion of the first National
Science Day on 30 May 2000, the NCSTC announced institution of the National
Science Popularization awards for recognizing outstanding efforts in the area
of science communication and popularization. Sir C. V. Raman worked at Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, West Bengal,
India during 1907 to 1933 on various topics of Physics making discovery of the
celebrated effect on scattering of light in 1928, which bears his name and that
brought many accolades including the Nobel Prize in 1930. The American Chemical
Society designated the 'Raman Effect' as an International Historic Chemical
Landmark in 2013.
The theme of the year 2014 would be “Fostering Scientific Temper”."Energy
conservation" is also the theme of celebrating science Day in year 2014.About Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
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7 November
1888
Thiruvanaikoil, Tiruchirappalli, Madras Province, British India |
Died
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21 November
1970 (aged 82)
Bangalore, Mysore State, India |
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Knight Bachelor (1929)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1930) Bharat Ratna (1954) Lenin Peace Prize (1957) Fellow of the Royal Society[2] |
Spouse
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Lokasundari
Ammal (1907–1970)
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