CV Raman Nagar is a neighbourhood located in the eastern part of the city of
Bangalore
Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...
. It is at a distance of 13 km from
Majestic. It is bounded by
Indiranagar
Indiranagar is a medium-sized neighbourhood in east Bangalore, Karnataka, India. A cosmopolitan locality, Indiranagar is one of the most expensive neighbourhoods in Bangalore.
History
Indiranagar was formed as a BDA layout in the late 1970s, ...
,
Kaggadasapura and
Baiyappanahalli. It is an upmarket area and also known as Greater Indiranagar.
The locality is named after
C. V. Raman
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (; 7 November 188821 November 1970) was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering.
Using a spectrograph that he developed, he and his student K. S. Krishnan discovered that when ...
, a scientist who lived in Bangalore. The
Bagmane Tech Park is located here.
On Thursday, 15 April 2010, a road located in the boundary of CV Raman Nagar, was named after India's former President,
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (; 15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied phy ...
. The road runs through
D.R.D.O. township where the Chief Controller of
D.R.D.O., Eloangovan, completed formalities of naming of the road, in the presence of various dignitaries from the defence organisation.
References
External links
* http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-road-named-after-dr-apj-abdul-kalam-1371866
sify.com
CV Raman Nagar Local Guide
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