CV Raman biography

1. BIOGRAPHY
Sir C. V. Raman
By
Het Sangani

2. C.V.Raman
The Nobel laureate in physics

3. Reason to choose sir C.V. Raman
Sir CV Raman was the man of extraordinary
ability. At the age of 15 he had a degree with
a gold medal in physics. By the time he was
19 he had MA. In addition to being brilliant,
he was curious about the world around him.
We saw his curiosity about the color of the
sea that led to the discovery of Raman Effect
which gained him the 1930 Nobel Prize in
Physics. Also his good thoughts made me
choose him.

4. Childhood& Family details….
 Story begins in a village
near Tiruchirapalli
 Born on 8 Nov.1888
 Second child of
R.Chandrasekhara Iyer
& Parvathi Ammal
 Family moved to Vishakhapatnam when he was 4 years old.

5. About Raman’s father….
 Father was a lecturer in
Mrs.A.V.Narasimha Rao
College,Visakhapatanam.
 He taught Physics,
Mathematics & physical
geography
 Father was athletic man
& took active interest in
sports

6. Raman’s primary education….
Completed schooling by 11 years
Spent two years of studying in his
father’s college.

7. Research begins….
 He was communicated with physicists around
the world
 His papers published in international journals
 Gave lectures in Calcutta on his experiments
 He was Introduced live demonstrations in
Science.

8. Raman around 1917….
 Got chance to move into a full-fledged
career in physics around 1917.
 Ashutosh Mookerjee(Vice – chancellor of Calcutta
university) offered him as a Palit Professor of
physics.
 Raman had to give up his job and higher
income.
 Became an active member in university
activities.

9. University Congress at Oxford
 In 1921 he was given honorary doctorate from Calcutta
University.
 Went overseas for the first time.
 Visit to University Congress at Oxford.
 During his journey back to India he spent hours
watching the sea from the deck of his ship.
 Struck by its colour.

10. Raman’s discovery….
 Water molecule could scatter
light just like air molecules.
 His thought was a radical in
those days.
 In 1922 he wrote a brilliant
essay ‘The Molecular
Diffraction of Light’.
 He said light may exist in
quanta, that is, as mass less
as particles of energy.

11. K.R.Ramanathan finding the
phenomenon in 1923
 Raman’s hunch
 His direction towards finding evidence for the
corpuscular theory of light.
 Discovery of the Compton effect in 1923
 Raman’s hunch was proved right
 K. R. Ramanathan spotted the phenomenon.

12. Raman Won a Nobel Prize
 Raman effect took his team 4 more years
 They were confident in 1927
 Discovery on 28th February….
 The famous Raman effect….the light can undergo a
scattering through a liquid resulting in a change in
its frequency….
 The date is celebrated as National Science Day
 Received Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930

13. Raman from 1946 to 1970…..
 Devoted final years to set up of the Raman Research
Institute in Bangalore…..
 Running of the Indian Academy of Science.
 Died on 21 November,1970
 Funeral at the institute campus itself.
 A solitary tree is located at the institute campus in
the memory of Raman.

14. Takeaways Sir C.V. Raman
We people think that to become successful in life we
need good college and cities but he proved that
nothing of that matters, what matters is the hard
work and struggle with which you study.
Also he didn't wanted to do the Philosophy degree
but he did that because he had the free books of his
elder brother, that also teaches us that we
sometimes need to change our choices depending
over situations.

15. THANK YOU 