Sir. C.V. Raman's 125th Birthday

Today, 7^th November is being celebrated as the 125^th birthday of the renowned Physicist Sir C.V. Raman.
Sir C.V. Raman was born on 7^th November 1888 in Trichinopoly, Madras Province and is well known to have made significant contributions to the progress of science and technology.

His inclination towards science and specifically physics, developed from the early years of his life and following his passion for physics he completed his B.A. degree in 1904 securing the first place, his M.A. in 1907 with distinction and was also awarded a gold medal in Physics in 1904.  In 1907, he joined the Indian Financial Service as an assistant auditor general for the Government of India and also researched at IACS.

Sir Raman established Raman Research Institute in the year 1948 on his own capabilities and did not accept any funds from the government. In the initial year RRI had no electricity, but this shortcoming never discouraged him and he continued to conduct several optical experiments with sunlight as the best source. Sir. Raman clearly showed that Science was like a religion to him.

He is known for his excellent work on the scattering of life and his outstanding discovery, which is named as the Raman Effect. For this discovery, he was awarded with the Nobel Prize in science in the year 1930, making him the first Asian and first non-white to receive this prestigious award.

Sadly, Sir. Raman died on 21^st November 1970 in Bangalore. To pay a tribute to this great personality, every year we observe the National Science Day on February 28, just to commemorate his discovery of the Raman Effect.