Before Independence, India was way behind in the field of science and was constantly violated by the British. C.V. Raman was the transition that India needed at that time. He was a great influencer of science and laid the foundation of the science field in India. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born on 7th November 1888 in Trichinipoly and died on 21st November 1970 in Bangalore.
C.V. Raman was born to Chandrasekharan Ramanathan Iyer and Parvati Ammal. Encouraged by his non-religious father, Raman delved into science from an early age, fostering a lifelong passion for physics, particularly optics, while studying in Vishakhapatnam
C.V. Raman excelled academically, passing class 10 at age 11 and class 12 at 13. He studied at Presidency College, Madras, earning his B.A. and M.A. with distinction in physics. His siblings admired his scientific experiments, viewing him as a magician.
After excelling in the FCS exam, C.V. Raman worked as a clerk in Calcutta from 1907 to 1917, publishing influential research papers. In 1918, he became the first Palit Professor of Physics at Calcutta University, discovering the Raman Effect.
In March 1928, C.V. Raman, along with K.S. Krishnan, conducted an experiment on light scattering to explore its particle nature, inspired by Louis De Broglie's work. This led to the discovery of the phenomenon known as the Raman Effect.
C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for discovering the Raman Effect. He was knighted in 1930 and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1924. He founded the Raman Research Institute and established the Indian Academy of Sciences