Category Great Indian Scientists , Indian Scientists

Narinder Singh Kapany

Narinder Singh Kapany (born 31 October 1926) is an Indian-born American Sikh physicist known for his work in fibre optics. He was named as one of the seven ‘Unsung Heroes’ by Fortune in their ‘Businessmen of the Century’ issue (1999-11-22).[4][5][6] He is also known as “Father of Fiber Optics”. The term fibre optics was coined by Singh Kapany in 1956. He is a former IOFS officer.

Known for

• Pioneering work on Fiber optics

Awards

• Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
• The Excellence 2000 Award
• FREng (1998)

Fields

• Physics

Institutions

• Agra University
• Ordnance Factories Board
• Imperial College of Science
• British Royal Academy of Engineering
• Optical Society of America
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
• University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
• Stanford University

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Homi Jehangir Bhabha (30 October 1909 – 24 January 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist, founding director, and professor of physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). Colloquially known as “father of the Indian nuclear programme”, Bhabha was also the founding director of the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) which is now named the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in his honor. TIFR and AEET were the cornerstone of Indian development of nuclear weapons which Bhabha also supervised as director.

Known for

• Indian nuclear programme
• Cascade process of Cosmic radiations
• point particles
• Bhabha Scattering
• Theoretical prediction of Muon

Awards

• Adams Prize (1942)
• Padma Bhushan (1954)
• Fellow of the Royal Society

Fields

• Nuclear Physics

Institutions

• Atomic Energy Commission of India
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
• Cavendish Laboratory
• Indian Institute of Science
• Trombay Atomic Energy Establishment

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Vijay P. Bhatkar is an Indian computer scientist, IT leader and educationalist. He is best known as the architect of India’s national initiative in supercomputing where he led the development of Param supercomputers. He is a Maharashtra Bhushan, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan awardee. Indian computer magazine Dataquest has placed him among the star pioneers who shaped India’s IT industry. He was the founder executive director of C-DAC and is currently working on the developing Exascale supercomputing mission for India.

Known for

• Architect of PARAM series of Supercomputers

Awards

• Padma Shri
• Padma Bhushan
• Maharashtra Bhushan

Institutes

• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

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Harish-Chandra (11 October 1923 – 16 October 1983) was an Indian American mathematician and physicist who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups.

Fields

• Mathematics
• Physics

Institutions 

•    Indian Institute of Science
• Harvard University
• Columbia University
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
• Institute for Advanced Study

Awards

• Fellow of the Royal Society
• Cole Prize in Algebra (1954)
• Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal

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Sivaraj Ramseshan (October 10, 1923 – December 29, 2003) was an Indian scientist known for his work in the field of crystallography. Ramaseshan served as Director of the Indian Institute of Science and was awarded the Padma Bhushan. Ramaseshan is the nephew of Indian scientist and Nobel laureate Sir C. V. Raman and cousin of Subramanyan Chandrasekhar.

Fields

• Physics

Institutions

• Indian Institute of Science
• Indian Institute of Technology

Awards

• Padma Bhushan

As scientist

On completion of his doctorate, Ramaseshan joined the Indian Institute of Science as a lecturer. During this time, he developed an interest in X-ray crystallography and was instrumental in improving the material science division in the National Aerospace Laboratories. Ramaseshan also taught as a professor in the Indian Institute of Technology.

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Ravi Sankaran (October 4, 1963 – January 17, 2009) was an Indian ornithologist whose work concerned the conservation of several threatened birds of India. He was the Director of the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Ravi studied at the Rishi Valley School, Madanapalli, Andhra Pradesh; obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from Loyola College, Chennai and a doctorate from Bombay Natural History Society Ravi joined the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) in 1985 in the endangered species project on the great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) and florican species (family Otididae) and played a role in developing recovery plans for these species. He also established Florican Watch, involving local people.

Ravi Sankaran studied several endangered birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. His work on the Narcondam hornbill, Nicobar megapode and the edible-nest swiftlets aided the development of conservation management of these species. Ravi was also involved in a project Strengthening community conservation efforts in Nagaland: a programme to impart technical support on biodiversity conservation and livelihood options to communities, a collaborative programme between the Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development, Kohima (NEPED), and SACON, in collaboration with other organisations such as Kalpavriksh, Pune; Ecosystems India, Guwahati; Aranayak, Assam; ATREE, Bangalore; and Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore.funded by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai.

Awards

• WTI Endangered Species Award-2004

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