One of the first PPTs made for the Annual Project in 10th.

1. PRANAV JOSHI, Roll No. 33, CLASS X A
New Horizon Gurukul

2. C.V Raman
Brief Bio
Education
Works/Books
Honors/ Recognition
Pictures

3.  Sir Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman(7 November
1888 – 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist.
 His ground breaking work in the field of light
scattering,i.e,the Raman Effect earned him the
1930 Nobel Prize for Physics.
 In 1954, he was honoured with the highest civilian
award in India, the Bharat Ratna.
 Wife:Lokasundari Amman
 Children: Chandrasekhar and Radhakrishnan
 Director: Raman Research Institute till death

4.  Sir C.V Raman was self educated in the field of
science, with no formal schooling.
 He passed his matriculation examination at the age of
11 and finished his Intermediate Exam with a
scholarship at the age of 13.
 1904: Passed his B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) examination -
he stood first and won the gold medal in physics.
 1907: Acquired his M.A. (Master of Arts) degree with
the highest distinctions.

5.  Worked for IISc Bangalore till 1948
 Established Raman Research Institute in 1949
 He served as its director and remained active there until his
death
 Scientific Papers of C. V. Raman, edited by S. Ramaseshan
 Vol. 1 – Scattering of Light
 Vol. 2 – Acoustic
 Vol. 3 – Optica
 Vol. 4 – Optics of Minerals and Diamond
 Vol. 5 – Physics of Crystals
 Vol. 6 – Floral Colours and Visual Perception
 Raman was the paternal uncle of Subramanian Chandrasekhar,
who later won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1983) for his discovery
of the Chandrasekhar limit and for his work on the nuclear
reactions necessary for stellar evolution.

6.  1924: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
 1928:Discovery of the Raman effect.
 1929:Knighted with the distinguished title ‘Sir’.
 1930: Won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
 1941: Awarded the Franklin Medal-USA.
 1954: Awarded the Bharat Ratna-India.
 1957: Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize-Russia.
 India celebrates National Science Day on 28 February
of every year to commemorate the discovery of the
Raman effect in 1928.

8. Christiaan Huygens
Brief Bio
Education
Works/Books
Honors/ Recognition
Pictures

9.  Christiaan Huygens (14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a
prominent Dutch mathematician and scientist.
 He was known as a horologist, astronomer, physicist,
as well as a leading scientist.
 His work included early telescopic studies of the rings
of Saturn and the discovery of its moon Titan
 He is also credited with the invention of the pendulum
clock and other investigations in timekeeping.
 He published many major studies on the subjects of
mechanics and optics

10.  Huygens was educated at home until he turned
sixteen years old.
 He studied languages and music, history
and geography, mathematics, along
with dancing, fencing and horse riding.
 Huygens studied law and mathematics at
the University of Leiden in Netherlands, between 1645
and 1647.

11.  He authored over 30 books on various subjects such as
optics and observations of planets, few of them as
follows-
 1656 – De Saturni Luna observatio nova-the new
observation of the moon of Saturn – discovery of
Titan)
 1684 – Astroscopia Compendiaria tubi optici molimine
liberata-how to make compound telescopes without a
tube)
 1685 – Memoriën aengaende het slijpen van glasen
tot verrekijckers-how to grind telescopic lenses)

12. Named after Huygens
 Science
 The Huygens probe: The lander for the Saturnian moon Titan
 A crater on Mars
 Mons Huygens, a mountain on the Moon.
 Huygens Software, a microscopic image processing package.
 The Asteroid:2801 Huygens
 Others
 Christiaan Huygens College in Netherlands
 The Christiaan Huygens, a ship of the Nederland Line.
 The Huygens Scholarship Programme for students in
Netherlands