National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28
February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by
Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928.
History of National
Science Day
In 1986, the National
Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) asked
the Government of India to designate 28 February as National Science
Day. The event is now celebrated all over the country in schools, colleges,
universities and other academic, scientific, technical, medical and research
institutions. On the occasion of the first National Science Day on 30 May 2000,
the NCSTC announced institution of the National Science Popularization awards
for recognizing outstanding efforts in the area of science communication and
popularization. Sir C. V. Raman worked at Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, West Bengal, India during 1907 to
1933 on various topics of Physics making discovery of the celebrated effect on
scattering of light in 1928, which bears his name and that brought many
accolades including the Nobel Prize in 1930. The American Chemical Society
designated the 'Raman Effect' as an International Historic Chemical Landmark in
2013.
National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28
February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by
Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928.
For his discovery, Raman was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
History of National
Science Day
In 1986, the National
Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) asked
the Government of India to designate 28 February as National Science
Day. The event is now celebrated all over the country in schools, colleges,
universities and other academic, scientific, technical, medical and research
institutions. On the occasion of the first National Science Day on 30 May 2000,
the NCSTC announced institution of the National Science Popularization awards
for recognizing outstanding efforts in the area of science communication and
popularization. Sir C. V. Raman worked at Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, West Bengal, India during 1907 to
1933 on various topics of Physics making discovery of the celebrated effect on
scattering of light in 1928, which bears his name and that brought many
accolades including the Nobel Prize in 1930. The American Chemical Society
designated the 'Raman Effect' as an International Historic Chemical Landmark in
2013.
