Sir C.V. Raman made several important achievements and discoveries in his career: 1) In 1911, he was appointed as Special Account General for posts and telegraphs in Calcutta and later became a professor at Calcutta University. 2) He later became the director of the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, where he established the Raman Research Institute in 1948. 3) His most important discovery was the Raman effect in 1928, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1930, while observing light scattering in liquids during a voyage to Europe. 4) He received many honors including being knighted by King George V in 1929 and receiving India's highest civilian award, the Bharat