| Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman  Born: 7-Nov-1888
Birthplace: Trichinopoly, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: 21-Nov-1970
Location of death: Bangalore, India
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: India
Executive summary: Discovered the Raman Effect Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his discovery of what is now known as the Raman Effect, the shift in wavelength of light after it passes through transparent material. An explosion of interest followed -- within twelve years of the discovery, 1800 scientific papers were produced. As the most prominent Indian scientist and the first Asian to receive a Nobel, Raman assumed the forefront in Indian physics. He founded the Indian Journal of Physics, and established the Indian Academy of Sciences (1934). Father: Chandrasekhara Ayyar (lecturer of mathematics and physics, d. 1910)
Mother: Parvathi Ammal
Wife: Lokasundari Ammal (m. 6-May-1907)
Son: Radhakrishnan
University: MS Physics, Presidency College, University of Madras (1907)
Professor: Physics, University of Calcutta (1917-)
Professor: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1933-)
Nobel Prize for Physics 1930
Matteucci Medal 1928
Hughes Medal 1930
Knight of the British Empire 1929
Royal Society 1924
Indian Ancestry
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