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Indian Academy Of Sciences
The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was founded by Indian Physicist and Nobel Laureate C. V. Raman, and was registered as a society on 24 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it began with 65 founding fellows. The first general meeting of Fellows, held on the same day, elected Raman as president, and adopted the constitution of the Academy. Objectives The aims of the Academy are to: * Promote progress in pure and applied branches of science. * Encourage important research in various branches of science. * Represent the scientific work of India internationally. * Publish work relating to scientific research initiated by the Academy, Provincial Academies, Universities and Government Scientific Institutions. * Organise meetings of Committees and Conferences to discuss papers submitted to the Academy. * Advise Government and other bodies on scientific and other matters referred to the Academy. Publications The first issue of the Academy Proceedings appeared in two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umesh Waghmare
Umesh Waghmare is an Indian physicist, and presently a Professor in the Theoretical Sciences Unit at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. Research in his Materials Theory Group is fundamentally based on computer simulations of electronic motion governed by quantum physics and resulting electron-mediated inter-atomic interactions which are responsible for multi-scale behaviour of materials. Deriving material-specific information on chemical bonding and microscopic couplings that are essential to the specific properties of a material, they develop fundamental understanding of a material in terms of its atomic structure and electronic structure. The goal of their theoretical analysis is to derive material-specific properties on the macroscopic and intermediate length and time scales starting from a first principles description of chemistry and atomic structure. They complement experimental work by accessing the microscopic information that may be hard to acces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikhil Tandon
Nikhil Tandon is an Indian endocrinologist, medical academic and the head of the department of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He is a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award in 2005 and was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. Biography Nikhil Tandon was born on 28 November 1963 in Delhi. He secured his master's degree (MD) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, obtained his doctoral degree (PhD) from the University of Cambridge and returned to India in 1993 to join AIIMS as a member of its faculty. He has stayed with AIIMS ever since and is a professor and the head of the department of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes at the institution. He has been the national co-ordinator for ''Action in Diabetes and Vascular Diseases'' (ADVANCE), a study conducted by The George Institute for Global Health, Australia for c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasturirangan At IISc
Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan (born 24 October 1940) is an Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from 1994 to 2003. He is presently Chancellor of Central University of Rajasthan and NIIT University. He is the former chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University and the chairman of Karnataka Knowledge Commission. He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha (2003–09) and a former member of the now defunct Planning Commission of India. He was also the director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, from April 2004 to 2009. He is a recipient of the three major civilian awards from the Government of India: the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan. Early life and education Early life Kasturirangan was born on 24 October 1940, at Ernakulam in the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin, to C. M. Krishnaswamy Iyer and Visalakshi. Kasturirangan's forefathers hailed from Tamil Nadu and later settled down in different par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narendra Kumar (physicist)
Narendra Kumar (1 February 1940 – 28 August 2017) was an Indian theoretical physicist and a Homi Bhaba Distinguished Professor of the Department of Atomic Energy at Raman Research Institute. He was also an honorary professor at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. Known for his research on disordered systems and superconductivity, Kumar was an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies – Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, and National Academy of Sciences, India – as well as the American Physical Society and The World Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 1985. In 2006, he received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour of the Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palle Rama Rao
Palle Rama Rao FREng is an Indian scientist noted for his contribution to the field of Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy. He has collaborated and conducted research activities for over dozen universities and associations all over India and abroad. He has been honoured with the titles of Padma Vibhushan in 2011 by president of India for his contributions to scientific community. He is acting as the chairman, Governing Council, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad. Education Palle Rama Rao did his MA (Physics) from Madras University, MSc (Nuclear Physics) from Andhra University; and PhD (Metallurgy) from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (now Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi). During 1966–67, he was postdoctoral research associate in the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the Faculty, Department of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in 1960, moved to Indian I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roddam Narasimha
Roddam Narasimha FRS (20 July 193314 December 2020) was an Indian aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist. He was a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (1962–1999), director of the National Aerospace Laboratories (1984–1993) and the chairman of the Engineering Mechanics Unit at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR, 2000–2014). He was the DST Year-of-Science Chair Professor at JNCASR and concurrently held the Pratt & Whitney Chair in Science and Engineering at the University of Hyderabad. Narasimha was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, in 2013. for his contributions to advance India's aerospace technology. Early life Narasimha was born on 20 July 1933. He was born in a Telugu family tracing its origins to Roddam, a village in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. His father, R.L. Narasimhaiah, was a professor of physics in Bangalore's Central College, and was also a Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roddam Narasimha
Roddam Narasimha FRS (20 July 193314 December 2020) was an Indian aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist. He was a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (1962–1999), director of the National Aerospace Laboratories (1984–1993) and the chairman of the Engineering Mechanics Unit at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR, 2000–2014). He was the DST Year-of-Science Chair Professor at JNCASR and concurrently held the Pratt & Whitney Chair in Science and Engineering at the University of Hyderabad. Narasimha was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, in 2013. for his contributions to advance India's aerospace technology. Early life Narasimha was born on 20 July 1933. He was born in a Telugu family tracing its origins to Roddam, a village in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. His father, R.L. Narasimhaiah, was a professor of physics in Bangalore's Central College, and was also a Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao 03682
Chintamani may refer to: *Chintamani or Cintamani (jewel), a wish-fulfilling jewel in both Hindu and Buddhist traditions *The Tamil epic Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi, one of the five great Tamil epics of 5th century. Places *Chintamani, Karnataka, a town in Karnataka, India ** Chintamani (Vidhana Sabha constituency), an Assembly seat in Karnataka, India *Chintamani, Tiruchirappalli, a neighborhood in Tamil Nadu, India *Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary, a wildlife sanctuary in West Bengal, India *Chintamani Temple, Theur, a Hindu Ganesha shrine in near Pune in Maharashtra, India Films * ''Chintamani'' (1933 film), a Telugu film by K. S. Rao * ''Chintamani'' (1937 film), a Tamil film by Y. V. Rao * ''Chintamani'' (1956 film), a Telugu film by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao People *Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao (born 1934), Indian chemist *Chintamani Tryambak Khanolkar (1930–1976), Indian writer in the Marathi language *Chintamani Panigrahi (1922–2000), Indian activist, political and social leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obaid Siddiqi
Obaid Siddiqi FRS (7 January 1932 – 26 July 2013) was an Indian National Research Professor and the Founder-Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) National Center for Biological Sciences. He made seminal contributions to the field of behavioural neurogenetics using the genetics and neurobiology of Drosophila. Early life and education Obaid Siddiqi was born in 1932 in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh. He received his early education at Aligarh Muslim University where he completed his M.Sc. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Glasgow, under the supervision of Guido Pontecorvo. He carried out his post doctoral research at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and University of Pennsylvania. He was invited by Homi Bhabha to set up the molecular biology unit at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Bombay in 1962. Thirty years later, he became the founding director of the TIFR National Center for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srinivasan Varadarajan
Srinivasan Varadarajan (31 March 1928 – 11 May 2022) was an Indian chemist, civil servant, corporate executive and the former chairman of several public sector undertakings such as Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL), Petrofils Cooperative Limited, Engineers India Limited (EIL), and Bridge and Roof Company (India). Born on 31 March 1928 in Tamil Nadu, he obtained two master's degrees (MA and MSc) from Madras University and Andhra University and two doctoral degrees (PhD) from University of Delhi and University of Cambridge and worked as a faculty member at several educational institutions such as Delhi University (1949–53), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1956-57) and Department of Radiotherapeutics, University of Cambridge (1957–59). He was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (1983), Indian Academy of Sciences (1972) and The World Academy of Sciences (1997). The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satish Dhawan
Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar, Dhawan was educated in India and further on in United States. Dhawan was one of the most eminent researchers in the field of turbulence and boundary layers, leading the successful and indigenous development of the Indian space programme. He succeeded M. G. K. Menon, as the third chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 1972. Education Dhawan was a graduate of the University of the Punjab in Lahore, British India (now in Pakistan), where he completed a Bachelor of Science in physics and mathematics, a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Arts in English literature. In 1947, he completed a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and an aeronautical engineering degree from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan
Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan (May 22, 1913 – August 18, 2001) was an Indian plant pathologist, academic and the director of the ''Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany'' of the University of Madras. He was the founder of the ''School of Physiological Plant Pathology'' at Madras University and was a recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian award in the science category. He was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and Indian Botanical Society and an elected member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1974, for his contributions to science. Biography Toppur Sadasivan was born on 22 May 1913, at Saidapet, a satellite town in Madras, Madras Presidency, to Kanakammal and her physician husband, Seethapathy, who was the first Indian director of the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research. His schooling w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
