National Science Day: Raman effect and all you need to know about the man who discovered it
National science day is celebrated on every year on 28 February. National science day is celebrated as one of the main science festivals in India every year. National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928. For his discovery, Sri C.V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
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Raman effect : Raman effect, change in the wavelength of light that occurs when a light beam is deflected by molecules. When a beam of light traverses a dust-free, transparent sample of a chemical compound, a small fraction of the light emerges in directions other than that of the incident (incoming) beam. Most of this scattered light is of unchanged wavelength. A small part, however, has wavelengths different from that of the incident light; its presence is a result of the Raman effect.
About Sir Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman
Born : 7 November 1888 Thiruvanaikoil, Tiruchirappalli, Madras
Died : 21 November 1970 (aged 82) Bangalore, Karnataka
Nationality : Indian
Fields : Physics
Institutions : Indian Finance Department
University of Calcutta
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Indian Institute of Science
Central College, Bangalore University
Raman Research Institute
Alma mater : University of Madras
Doctoral students : G. N. Ramachandran
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
Known for : Raman effect
Notable awards : Knight Bachelor (1929)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1930)
Bharat Ratna (1954)
Lenin Peace Prize (1957)
