Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman -7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) known as C. V. Raman or just Venkata Raman, was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of Using a That he developed, he and his student covered that when light traverses a transparent material, the deflected light changes its . This phenomenon, a hitherto unknown type of scattering of light, which they called “modified scattering”subsequently termed the Raman effect or . Raman received the 1930s for the discovery and was the first Asian and the first non-White to receive a in any branch of science
Born to Tamil Brahmin parents, Raman was a precious child completing his secondary and higher secondary education from St Aloysius’ Anglo-Indian High School at the age of 11 and 13, respectively. He topped the bachelor’s graduation examination of the university of madras with honours in physics from presidency college at age 16. His first research paper, ondiffraction of light was published in 1906 while he was still a graduate student. The next year he obtained a master’s degree. He joined the Indian Finance Service in Calcutta as Assistant Accountant General at age 19.
The Raman effect was discovered on 28 February 1928. The day is celebrated annually by the Government of India as the National Science Day.
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