Top 10 Indian physicists
1. Sir C. V. Raman
Whenever you think about physics and Indian Physicists, then the first name that strikes your mind is Sir C. V. Raman. Sir C. V. Raman or Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman is very popular for his revolutionary contributions made for Physics. Did you ever study about the “Raman Effect” in your physics book? If you have studied that then you must have heard about him. This is a very unique phenomenon that demonstrates about the scattering of the light. He won a Nobel Prize Award for this theory and along with this there are many other awards won by him. He was born in the year 1888 and passed away in 1970. Every year, India celebrates 28th February as the National Science and that was the day when he discovered the Raman Effect. Indians are celebrating this day as an honor to him and his discoveries.
2. Satyendranath Bose
Satyendranath Bose was born in the year 1894 and he is an Indian Bengali. His contributions for Quantum Mechanics. Along with Mr. Albert Einstein, Satyendranath Bose has invented “Bose Einstein Condensate and also the Boson Particle as well. He graduated from the Presidency College in Kolkata and this is definitely one of the most prestigious colleges in India and it has a history of producing some of the best scholars of India. He was born in the year 1894 and expired in the year 1974.
3. Meghnad Saha
Do you know about the Saha ionization equation or the Saha Concept? It was Meghnad Saha, who invented this concept. This is one of the most popular Astrophysicists in the world. He invented this concept in the year 1920 and this was also popular as the Saha Langmuir equation. Many scientific institutions like Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kolkata and Physics Department in Allahbad, there was a lot of contributions from Mr. Meghnad Saha for the building of these scientific institutions. He was born in the year 1893 and expired in 1956.
4. Homi J Bhabha
Another popular name that you get to hear in the list of the most popular scientists in India or across the world is Homi J Bhabha. He is more popular as the Father of the Indian Nuclear Program. The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research was found by him. Along with that, he also founded Trombay Atomic Energy Establishment. This establishment was later named as BARC, Bhabha Atomic Research Center. Electron Positron Scattering or the Bhabha scattering helped him gain international fame. He was born in the year 1909 and pass away in the year 1966.
5. Subrahmanyam Chandrashekhar
Next in the list, you have Subrahmanyam Chandrashekhar and he is a well known Astrophysicist. His theory Chandrashekhar Limit was the most popular inventions of this physicist. He worked in various areas like the quantum theory on the hydrogen anion, radiative transfers, theory of white dwarfs and stellar dynamics. In the year 1983, he received a Nobel Prize Award along with Mr. William A. Flower for his work in Physics. Along with this, he also received many other awards for his tremendous work in Physics. He was born in the year 1910 and pass away in the year 1995.
6. Vikram Sarabhai
Another reputed Physicist from India is Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai and he was more popular as the Father of the Indian Space Program. He has a major role to play in the establishment of the ISRO (Indian Institute of Research Orgnaization). The launch of Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) by NASA was also one of his works. It was launched in the year 1975 and he was no longer alive at that time. In the year 1966, he was awarded Padma Bhusan and in the year 1972, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. He was born in the year 1919 and passed away in 1971.
7. G. N. Ramachandran
Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran is next in the list of top 10 Indian Physicists. He was the physicist who founded the Ramachandran Plot. He completed his doctoral studies under the esteemed guidance of C. V. Raman. He also did some amazing work on crystal physics and X-ray microscope during his tenure in Madras university as the HOD of the Physics department. He was born in the year 1922 and expired in 2001.
8. Jayant Narlikar
Hoyle-Narlikar Theory, which was developed by Jayant Vishnu Narlikar along with Sir Fred Hoyle made this Indian Astrophysicist very popular. He completed his graduation from the Banaras University and then he went to the University of Cambridge. In the year 1967, he received the Adams prize as well. He was born in the year 1938.
9. Harish Chandra
Popularly known for his work in Mathematics, Harish Chandra was also popular for his work in Physics. He is an Indian American and was born in the year 1923. There are a number of theories and formulas patents by his name. For Algebra, he won the Cole Prize in the year 1954. He passed away in the year 1983.
10. Sandip Chakrabarti
Another important astrophysicist from India is Sandip Chakrabarti. He is the alumni of IIT Kanpur and then he went to the University of Chicago. He was more popular for his work on Planetary motions and Astrophysics. The government of West Bengal felicitated him with the Banga Ratna award.
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