VISVESRAYA- THE ENGINEER OF MODERNITY
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya helped in developing State Bank of Mysore and encouraged girls to attend school.
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Let our inspirational articles be that someone that can inspire the young of our land to make the study of STEM subjects their aspiration. For, it is the study of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths that has the power to open up minds, helps one to transcend the frontiers of accomplishment and achieve seemingly impossible feats.
Interviews with scientists, articles on the lives of prodigious scientists of yore whose accomplishments changed the world, stories of the present generation teen inventors who harnessed the power of their mind, will and passion to create and innovate, this section covers all these and more.
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya helped in developing State Bank of Mysore and encouraged girls to attend school.
Homi Jahangir Bhabha is popularly known as the Father of Indian nuclear programme. He was born on 30th October 1909, Bombay and died on 24th January 1966, France. He was an Indian nuclear physicist who is known for his intellect and contribution towards developing nuclear programme in India. He is also the founder of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research which works in the field of theoretical physics, cosmic rays physics and mathematics.
Vikram Sarabhai played an instrumental role in building up the astronomical department in India and establishing space research facilities in India.
Jagadish Chandra Bose became a world leader in telecommunications. He is given the credit for invention of crescograph which is an instrument used for measuring growth in plants.
SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN was renowned mathematician known for his contributions in the field of number theory, fractions and mathematical analysis.
Meghnad Saha was a famous astrophysicist known for his theory of ionization explaining the origin of stellar spectra.
SUBRAHMANYAN CHANDRASEKHAR name is always remembered for his work on the evolution of stars and theoretical structure.
Satyendra Nath Bose played a major role in developing the quantum statistics along with theoretical physics.
Venkatraman Radhakrishnan was a space scientist who was born on 18th May 1929 in Tondaripet, Madras Presidency, British India and died on 3rd March 2011 in Bangalore, India.
The National Science Day in India is celebrated in the loving memory of Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (C. V. Raman) who was responsible for the discovery of Raman Effect on 28th February 1928. He was the first Indian and Asian to ever win a Nobel Prize in the field of Physics.
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, businessman, inventor, and industrial designer.
Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.