Sunday, February 28, 2010

National Science Day

In India every year 28th February is celebrated as National Science Day.
“National Science Day” is commemorated in the honour of Sir C.V.Raman for his legacy, who discovered Raman effect on 28th Feb. 1928. He was awarded Nobel Prize in 1930.

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS ((7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognised for his work on the molecular scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him.






History : In 1986, NTSC took initiative to get the Government of India to designate February 28 as the National Science Day (NSD) which 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 NSD (28 February 1987) NCSTC announced institution of the National Science Popularization awards for recognizing outstanding efforts in the area of science communication and popularization, which have been given annually since 1988.


February 28th holds a special place in my life because two of my very good friends have their birthdays on today.
Happy Birthday Amit Ranjan... my roomie, my project partner....
Happy Birthday Sadique Nasar..

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