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Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan

Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan

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Science & space Tamil Nadu Great mind of history

Sir Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan was an Indian physicist. He was a co-discoverer of Raman scattering, for which his mentor C.

BORN

4 December 1898

DIED

14 June 1961

HONOUR

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Key facts

Born
4 December 1898, Watrap
Died
14 June 1961
State of birth
Watrap, Tamil Nadu
Sector
Science & space
Profession
Indian physicist (1898-1961)
Gender
Male

Biography

Sir Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan was an Indian physicist. He was a co-discoverer of Raman scattering, for which his mentor C. V. Raman was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Summary based on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed by the RochakDuniya editorial team.

Timeline

  1. 1898Born in Watrap
  2. 1958Awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
  3. 1961Dies
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