Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was an Indian mathematician, lawyer, jurist, judge, educator, and institution builder. A unique figure in Indian history, he made major contributions in the fields of mathematic
Ashutosh Mukherjee
C. V. Raman's Molecular Diffraction of Light (1922) dedicated to Mukherjee
'Ashutosh Collection' at National Library of India
Mukherjee on a 1964 stamp of India
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering. Using a spectrograph that he developed, he and his student K. S. Krishnan discovered that when
Ashutosh Mukherjee
…professorships and build facilities, hired outstanding professors in diverse fields of study (including Asia's first Nobel Prize winning scientist Sir C.V. Raman), and supported graduated students in their efforts to pursue advanced research. Mukherjee was the president of the inaugural session of the Indian…
Raman at the 1930 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony with other winners, from left C. V. Raman (physics), Hans Fischer (chemistry), Karl Landsteiner (medicine) and Sinclair Lewis (literature)
Title page to Raman's Molecular Diffraction of Light (1922)
Bust of Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman in the garden of Birla Industrial & Technological Museum