Indian Scientists

Jagadish Chandra Bose

Birth Date:

30 November 1858

Death Date:

23 November 1937

Famous:

Botanists, Physicists.

J.C. Bose was a man of many talents he was a polymath, physicist, biologist, botanist and an archaeologist. He was the first person to use semiconductor junctions to detect radio signals, thus demonstrating wireless Read More

M.Visvesvaraya

Birth Date:

15 September 1861

Death Date:

12 April 1962

Famous:

’Automatic sluice gates’ and ‘Block irrigation system’.

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was a notable Indian scientist, engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918. He was the recipient of the Indian Republic’s highest honor Read More

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Birth Date:

22 December 1887

Death Date:

26 April 1920

Famous:

Mathematical Analysis, Number Theory.

Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, and continued fractions. What made his Read More

C. V. Raman

Birth Date:

7 November 1888

Death Date:

21 November 1970

Famous:

Raman Effect

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist born in the former Madras Province in India presently the state of Tamil Nadu, who carried out ground-breaking work in the field of light scattering. Read More

Janaki Ammal

Birth Date:

4 November 1897

Death Date:

7 February 1984

Famous:

Botanists

Janaki Ammal Edavalath Kakkat was an Indian botanist who conducted scientific research in cytogenetics and phytogeography. Her most notable work involves those on sugarcane Read More

Homi J. Bhabha

Birth Date:

30 October 1909

Death Date:

24 January 1966

Famous:

Theoretical physicist, best known as the chief architect of the Indian atomic energy program.

Homi Jehangir Bhabha was an Indian nuclear physicist, founding director, and professor of physics at the Tata Institute Read More

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Birth Date:

19 October 1910

Death Date:

21 August 1995

Famous:

Evolutionary stages of massive stars

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar FRS was an Indian American astrophysicist who spent his professional life in the United States. He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize Read More

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Birth Date:

15 October 1931

Death Date:

27 July 2015

Famous:

India’s missile and nuclear weapons programs

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, born on October 15, 1931 is an Indian scientist who worked as an Aerospace engineer with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Read More

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai

Birth Date:

12 August 1919

Death Date:

30 December 1971

Famous:

Indian Space programme

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai was an Indian scientist and innovator widely regarded as the father of India's space programme. Sarabhai received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Medal Read More

Birbal Sahni

Birth Date:

14 November 1891

Death Date:

10 April 1949

Famous:

Paleobotanist known for his research on the fossils of the Indian subcontinent

Birbal Sahni was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent. He also took an interest in geology and archaeology Read More

M. S. Swaminathan

Birth Date:

7 August 1925

Famous:

Green Revolution program

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is a renowned Indian geneticist and administrator, who made a stellar contribution in the success of India's Green Revolution program, the program went a long way in making India self-sufficient
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Satyendra Nath Bose

Birth Date:

1 January 1894

Death Date:

4 February 1974

Famous:

Qualities of Electromagnetic Radiation

Satyendra Nath Bose was an eminent physicist after whom ‘Bosons’, one of the two classes of particles in quantum mechanics, was named. He was a self-taught scholar Read More