Biography of famous scientists

Biography of Meghnad Saha Meghnad Saha Born: 6 October 1893, Shauratoli, Dhaka (now Bangladesh) Job/Position: Astronomer (Astrophysicist) Meghnad Saha was a brilliant Indian physicist and astronomer who is best known for his pioneering work on the thermal ionization of gases. He was born on October 6, 1893, in Shaoratoli, a small village in the district of Dhaka in present-day Bangladesh. Saha’s father Jagannath Saha was a poor grocer, and his mother, Bhubaneshwari Devi, was a housewife. Early Life and Education Despite his family’s limited financial means, Saha received a good education. He studied at Dhaka Collegiate School, where he excelled …

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Biography of Homi Jahangir Bhabha   Homi Jahangir Bhabha Born: 30 October 1909, Mumbai Job/Position The father of India’s Atomic Energy Programme Homi Jahangir Bhabha, India’s most famous nuclear scientist. He is considered to be the pioneer of India’s nuclear power program. He laid a solid base for the future of India’s nuclear program that India is now ranked among the world’s top nuclear powerhouses. Professor. Bhabha, who started studies in the field of nuclear with the assistance of a handful of scientists, has already studied the potential of nuclear energy as well as the potential of its application across …

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Biography of Prashant Chandra Mahalanobis   Prashant Chandra Mahalanobis Born: June 29, 1893, Kolkata, Bengal Died: 28 June 1972, Kolkata, West Bengal Scope of: Mathematics, Statistics Education Institutions: Presidency College, Kolkata; University of Cambridge, London Famous Mahalanobis’s fame can be traced in part to his “Mahalanobis distance” an indicator of statistics that he formulated. Extra Contribution Establishment of Indian Statistical Institute Prashant Chandra Mahalanobis was a renowned Indian statistician and scientist. He is famous for his work on his Second Five-Year Plan of India. He is also renowned for his idea of a statistical measure called”the “Mahalanobis distance”. He created …

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Biography Of Satyendranath Bose   Satyendranath Bose Born: 1 January 1894, Kolkata Died: 4 February 1974 Accomplishments: “Bose-Einstein theory”, subatomic particle boson named in honor of his name, “Padma Bhushan” award Satyendra Nath Bose, a renowned Indian physicist. He is renowned for his significant contributions to quantum Physics. His work in quantum physics provided the basis for the theories of “Bose-Einstein Statistics” as well as”Bose-Einstein Statistics” and “Bose-Einstein condensate”. In physics, there exist two kinds of atoms, Bosons as well as fermions. “Bosan” is the name given to the legendary Indian researcher Satyendranath Bose, who immortalized his name in the …

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Biography of Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman   Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman Born: 7 November 1888. Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu Job/Position The inventor of the Raman effect, a scientist Awards: Nobel Prize for the scattering of light as well as the discovery of the Raman effect Sir CV Raman the scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering the scattering of light as well as the Raman effect is a renowned scientist from modern India. Venkata is the very first Indian scientist of the modern age who made a name for India in the world of science. We are all aware of the …

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Biography of Jagdish Chandra Bose   Jagdish Chandra Bose Born 30 November 1858 Mymensingh, Bengal Presidency (now in Bangladesh) Job/Position: Scientist Achievements: Key contribution to the formulation of the theory of life within plants and pioneer in the field of microwave and radio optics Indian researcher Professor Jagdish Chandra Bose was a multi-faceted genius who played a key part in the development of microwave and radio optics as well as in forming the concept of life in plants. His abilities can be seen by the fact that, in addition to being a physicist, he also was a botanist, zoologist archaeologist, …

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Biography of Birbal Sahni   Birbal Sahni Born: 14 November 1891, Shahpur (now in Pakistan) Died: April 10, 1949, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Scope: Archaeology Professor. Birbal Sahni was an Indian paleontologist who made an important contribution to this field by researching fossils from the Indian subcontinent. Also, he was a geoscientist and a passionate fan of archaeology. He was the founder of his own institute, the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany in Lucknow. He studied the flora and fauna of India and made significant discoveries in paleontology. In addition to writing numerous articles and journals on these topics, Birbal …

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Biography of Dr.Hargovind Khorana   Dr.Hargovind Khorana Born 9 January 1922, Raipur, Multan (now in Pakistan) Died: November 9, 2011, Concord, Massachusetts, USA Scope Molecular Biology Institutions MIT (1970-2007), University of Wisconsin, Madison (1960-70), University of British Columbia (1952-60), University of Cambridge (1950-52), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (1948-49), University of Punjab, University of Liverpool Famous work: The first to show the role of nucleotides in the synthesis of proteins. Awards: Nobel Prize in Medicine (1968), Gardner Foundation International Award, Louisa Foundation International Award, Albert Loskar Award for Basic Medical Research, Padmavibhushan Dr. Haragobind Khurana was an Indian-American scientist …

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