Chart 498 - Indian Scientists 1

Indian Scientists 1 Chart

Spectrum Chart - 498 : Indian Scientists 1

1. Dr. C. V. Raman (Physicist) - Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist, who carried out ground-breaking work in the field of light scattering, what now is called the 'Raman Effect', which earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics. In 1954, India honoured him with its highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.

2. Har Gobind Khorana (Biochemist) - Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his research that showed how the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell, control the cell’s synthesis of proteins.

3. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Aerospace Engineer) – Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was involved in India's civilian space program and military missile development efforts. He also played a pivotal organisational, technical, and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998. He was known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. Later he became the 11^th President of India from 2002 to 2007.

4. Dr. R. Chidambaram (Nuclear Scientist) - Rajagopala Chidambaram is an Indian Nuclear Scientist. Chidambaram played a key role in developing India's nuclear weapons, being a part of the team conducting the first Indian nuclear test at Pokhran Test Range in 1974. He then led and represented the team of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) while observing and leading efforts to conduct the second nuclear tests in May 1998. Currently he is serving as the principal scientific adviser to the federal Government of India.

5. Dr. Kasturirangan (Space Scientist) – Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan is an Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from 1994 to 2003. Under his leadership, the programme witnessed several major milestones including the successful launching and operationalisation of the India's prestigious launch vehicles, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle. He has also made extensive and significant contributions to studies of cosmic x-ray and gamma ray sources and effect of cosmic x-rays in the lower atmosphere.

6. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (Physicist) - Vikram Sarabhai was an Indian physicist, scientist and innovator widely regarded as the father of India's space programme. Vikram Sarabhai did research on the time variations of cosmic rays and concluded that meteorological effects could not entirely affect the observed daily variations of cosmic rays. Vikram Sarabhai visualised a new field of research opening up in solar and interplanetary Physics.

7. Anil Kakodkar (Nuclear Scientist) - Dr Anil Kakodkar is a very distinguished nuclear scientist of India. Anil Kakodkar also has the credit of being a member of the core team of architects of India's Peaceful Nuclear Tests that were conducted during the years 1974 and 1998. He is known for being a strong advocate of India's self-reliance in energy, especially by use of the cheap national thorium resources. He was the director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre at Trombay from the year 1996-2000. From the year 2000 onwards, he has been leading the Atomic Energy Commission of India and playing secretary to the Department of Atomic Energy. With active support from Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, set up the first Rocket Launching station (TERLS) in the India at Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram.

8. Birbal Sahni (Paleobotanist & Geologist) - Birbal Sahni was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent, was also a geologist who took an interest in archaeology. His greatest contributions lie in the study of botany of the plants of India is well as paleobotany. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) in 1936, the highest British scientific honour, awarded for the first time to an Indian botanist. He was elected as an Honorary President of the International Botanical Congress, Stockholm in 1950, but he died before he could serve.

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