Bhubaneswar: As the country celebrates National Science Day today, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik remembered great Indian physicist and Nobel Laureate C V Raman and his ground breaking discovery – the Raman Effect.
“On National Science Day, remembering great Indian physicist, Nobel Laureate C V Raman and his ground breaking discovery, Raman Effect. Reaffirm pledge to promote science and technology for the betterment of society”, the Odisha CM tweeted.
On #NationalScienceDay, remembering great Indian physicist, Nobel Laureate C V Raman and his ground breaking discovery, #RamanEffect. Reaffirm pledge to promote science and technology for the betterment of society. pic.twitter.com/gYioER7Cgs
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) February 28, 2020
National Science Day is observed throughout the country on February 28 in honour of physicist CV Raman’s discovery of the Raman Effect for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 1930.
The effect that brought India its first Nobel Prize in Physics and second Nobel Prize as a whole was based on the phenomenon of the scattering of light.
The Raman effect is the change in the wavelength of light as it gets deflected by a molecule while passing through a chemical compound. It is the Raman effect of light that causes the sky’s appearance to be blue.