Contibution Of Indian Scientist



Contribution of Indian  Scientist:

 

Scientist

Achievement

Homi Jehangir Baba

Father of Indian Nuclear Programme, Carried out first nuclear test 1974, Atomic energy establishment was renamed Bhabha Atomic research centre.

Venkatraman Ramakrishna

Indian origin biologist cum scientist won nobel prize in 2009 in chemistry. He pioneered in the studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.

Jagdish Chandra Bose

He is considered as a pioneer in the field of investigation of radio and microwave optics. He was the first Indian scientist to receive the American Patent. He is famously known as father of Radiology.

Vikram Sarabhai

Father of Indian Space programme. The ISRO facility for the launch of vehicle development which is located in Thiruvananthapuram was named in his memory.

APJ Abdul Kalam

Credited for making India’s first Indigenous Missile (SLV-III), Helped in placing Rohini satellite near the earths orbit, Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme was started under his leadership

S N Bose

Famous for his work on quantum mechanics , Bose Einstein Condensate.

C V Raman

First Indian scientist to win Nobel Prize. Carried out ground breaking in the field of light scattering  and invention also known as Raman effect.  He was awarded lenin peace Prize in 1957.

S Chandrashekhar

Worked on wide variety of astrophysical Problem. Important contribution to the contemporary understanding of stellar structure, their dynamics, understanding of white dwarfs, the quantum theory of Hydrogen anion.  Awarded Nobel Prize in 1983 for his study of Physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of star.

Har Gobind Khurana

Biochemist of Indian Origin.  Awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1968 for research that showed the order of nucleotide in nucleic acid which carried the genetic code of cell, control the cell synthesis of Proteins.