C V Raman effect on Indian Science

By J Vignesh

CV Raman's connection with the city could be part of the reason Bengaluru went on to become the science and technology city that it now is. The Nobel laureate joined the Indian Institute of Science in 1933 as its first Indian director. He retired in 1948 only to establish the Raman Research Institute also in Bengaluru where he remained active till his death in 1970. The Nobel, in 1930, was awarded for his discovery that the part of light that is deflected when passing through a transparent medium, changes in wavelength. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954.