1. Salim Ali
Salim
Moizuddin Abdul Ali (12 November 1896 – 20 June 1987) was famous Indian
scientist ornithologist and naturalist. Salim Ali also known as
“birdman of India”. Salim Ali was first Indians to conduct organized
bird surveys across India and also he wrote many books on birds that
simplified ornithology in India.
2. S. Ramanujan
Srinivasa
Ramanujan (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was famous Indian
mathematician. Srinivasa Ramanujan had practically no formal training in
pure mathematics but still he made important contributions to
mathematical analysis, infinite series, number theory, and continued
fractions.
3. C.V. Raman
Sir
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) was
famous Indian physicist. He won the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics for his
outstanding work in the field of light scattering. He discovered that
when light pass through a transparent material, some of the deflected
light changes its wavelength. This phenomenon is known as Raman
scattering (Raman effect). In 1954, he got India’s highest civilian
award the Bharat Ratna.
4. Homi J. Bhabha
Homi
Jehangir Bhabha (30 October 1909 – 24 January 1966) was famous indian
scientist and nuclear physicist. Homi Jehangir Bhabha also known as
“father of the Indian nuclear programme”. He was founding director and
professor of physics at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).
He also gives great contribution in Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay
(AEET) which is now named the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in his
honour. TIFR and BARC under supervision of Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha was
the basis of development of nuclear weapons for India.
5. Jagadish Chandra Bose
Sir
Jagadish Chandra Bose (30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937) was famous
indian scientist known for different fields of science, he was
physicist, biologist, biophysicist, botanist and archaeologist. He made
significant contributions to plant science and he also invented a device
for measuring the growth of plants known as crescograph.
6. Satyendra N. Bose
Satyendra
Nath Bose (1 January 1894 – 4 February 1974) was an Indian physicist.
He is known for his work on quantum mechanics, Bose–Einstein statistics,
Bose–Einstein condensate theory. In 1954, he got India’s second highest
civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan.
7. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Avul
Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was
most famous Indian scientist who also served as 11th President of India
(2002 to 2007). A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was also known as “Missile Man of
India”. He contribute as a scientist at Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) and Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO). He was closely involved in India’s military missile development
efforts & civilian space programme and also contribute in the
development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He also
played important role in India’s Pokhran nuclear tests in 1974 &
1998. He got India’s highest civilian award the Bharat Ratna.
8. H.G. Khorana
Har
Gobind Khorana (9 January 1922 – 9 November 2011) was a biochemist. He
got the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for research that
presented the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids. He also received
the National Medal of Science in 1987 by the President of the United
States.
9. S.S. Abhyankar
Shreeram
Shankar Abhyankar (22 July 1930 – 2 November 2012) was famous
mathematician. He was known for his great contributions in the field of
algebraic geometry, Abhyankar’s conjecture of finite group theory.
10. S. Chandrasekhar
Subrahmanyan
Chandrasekhar (19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an astrophysicist.
He won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the theoretical
studies about structure and evolution of the stars.
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