Indian Institute of Science
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The Indian Institute of Science is a public deemed research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The ins
Statue of Jamsetji Tata, founder of Indian Institute of Science, in 2002
One of the oldest buildings of IISc, in 2022
The main library of Indian Institute of Science, in 2016
IISc at DEF-TECH Bharat 2026, KTPO, Bengaluru
C. V. Raman
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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
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…was a natural continuation of his work on the institute, since he had played a role in its founding. The first Indian director was the Nobel Laureate Sir C.V. Raman. The institute was the first to introduce a master's programs in engineering. It has also started integrated doctoral programmes in biological, chemical…
Raman in 1930
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