Sunday, December 2, 2012

The Great Indian Minds: Scientists Of India...!!


"Science is a systematic enterprise that builds & organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations & predictions about the universe." This is what we get to know from wikipedia when we search for the term "Science". But those who actually are born with science, with great minds; who pursue knowledge & discover something new are the real Scientists. India has a ton of great scientists who spend their entire life in science & discovering new things. These are the "Men of Honour" who dream, think off & achieve. Let us have a close look on some of these beautiful minds from India.
Homi Bhaba: He was a famous Indian atomic scientist who with the support of Jawaharlal nehru, laid the foundation of a scientific establishment & was responsible for the creation of two premier institutions; Tata Institute Of fundamental Research & Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
C.V.Raman: Every Indian must be aware of C.V.Raman. He is one of the most renowned scientists in India who won the Nobel prize for physics in 1930 for his pioneering work on scattering of light.
Subhramanyam Chandrasekhar: He was awarded Nobel prize in Physics in 1983 & was one of the greatest scientists of 20th century.
Har Gobind Khurana: He is an American molecular biologist, born to Indian couple. For his work on interpretation of the genetic code & its function in protien synthesis; he was awarded with Nobel prize in 1968.
Srinivasa Ramanujan: This man is widely believed to be the greatest mathematician of the 20th century.
Aryabhatta: Everyone is well aware with this name. He invented "Zero". Though this number has got no value on itself, yet it can not be neglected as "when a zero is placed infront of any other number, the value of the number increases ten times." Aryabhatta's mind is always an inspiration for every Indian.
APJ Abdul Kalam: Who in this world step behind in respecting Dr. Abdul Kalam? Almost everyone related to science, pay the highest respect to this great scientist & infact a great man. He is often referred as the Missile Man Of India. He is a notable scientist & engineer who also served India as the 11th President from 2002-2007.
Note On Some Emerging Science Stories & Scientist Of India:
science is a field which never take backfoot; it is always in a progression mode. So as the Indian scientist. We have many emerging scientists in India who developed many new things & developed in a better way.
Recently, an Indian scientist successfully converted polythene into fuel. This is really a big achievement for India.
There is another achievement in the scientific field. A delhi based couple has developed novel method of detecting latent fingerprints. It utilizes novel spray formulations based on dyes & is cost-effective & non hazardous.
Scientists from Indian Institute Of science Education & Research, Kolkatta; explained how the sun lost its spot & solar storms for a long period. They also explained the sun was made of a hot gas called "Plasma".
Anand Swarup, Principal & Head of the Orthopaedic Dept in Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi College; developed a new technology called "High Tibial Osteotomy" to cure the knee problems. Patients undergoing the treatment are realesed from hospital in 3-4 days & are then able to walk on their own. The best part of this treatment is that it costs only 10,000 rupees. Wonder how beneficial is this method for we people!
With so much of new discoveries in the field of science from India on a daily basis; it would be very appropriate here to say "Everyday is a New Day".

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