Born to R. Chandrasekhara Iyer in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu. His mother tongue was Tamil. At an early age Raman moved to the city of Vizag, Andhra Pradesh. His father was a lecturer in mathematics and physics, so he grew up in an academic atmosphere. Raman entered Presidency College, Chennai, in 1902, and in 1904 gained his B.Sc., winning the first place and the gold medal in physics. In 1907 he gained his M.Sc., obtaining the highest distinctions. He joined the Indian Finance Department as an Assistant Accountant General in Kolkata. His nephew Subramanyan Chandrasekhar also won the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1983.

In 1917 Raman resigned from his government service and took up the newly created Palit Professorship in Physics at the University of Calcutta. At the same time, he continued doing research at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, where he became the Honorary Secretary. Raman used to refer to this period as the golden era of his career. Many talented students gathered around him at the IACS and the University of Calcutta.

On February 28, 1928, through his experiments on the scattering of light, he discovered the Raman effect. It was instantly clear that this discovery was an important one. It gave further proof of the quantum nature of light. Raman spectroscopy came to be based on this phenomenon, and Ernest Rutherford referred to it in his presidential address to the Royal Society in 1929. Raman was president of the 16th session of the Indian Science Congress in 1929. He was conferred a knighthood, and medals and honorary doctorates by various universities. Raman was confident of winning the Nobel Prize in Physics as well, and was disappointed when the Nobel Prize went to Richardson in 1928 and to de Broglie in 1929. He was so confident of winning the prize in 1930 that he booked tickets in July, even though the awards were to be announced in November, and would scan each day's newspaper for announcement of the prize, tossing it away if it did not carry the news. He did eventually win the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him. He was the first Asian and first non-White to get any Nobel Prize in the sciences. Before him Rabindranath Tagore (also Indian) had received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Raman also worked on the acoustics of musical instruments. He worked out the theory of transverse vibration of bowed strings, on the basis of superposition velocities. He was also the first to investigate the harmonic nature of the sound of the Indian drums such as the tabla and the mridangam. In 1934 Raman became the director of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, where two years later he continued as a professor of physics. Other investigations carried out by Raman were experimental and theoretical studies on the diffraction of light by acoustic waves of ultrasonic and hypersonic frequencies (published 1934-1942), and those on the effects produced by X-rays on infrared vibrations in crystals exposed to ordinary light.

He also started a company called Travancore Chemical and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in 1943 along with Dr. Krishnamurthy. The Company during its 60 year history, established four factories in Southern India. In 1947, he was appointed as the first National Professor by the new government of Independent India. In 1948 Raman, through studying the spectroscopic behavior of crystals, approached in a new manner fundamental problems of crystal dynamics. He dealt with the structure and properties of diamond, the structure and optical behavior of numerous iridescent substances (labradorite, pearly feldspar, agate, opal, and pearls). Among his other interests were the optics of colloids, electrical and magnetic anisotropy, and the physiology of human vision.

The department of mathematics has a tradition of celebrity the great Indian mathematician “SRINIVAS RAMANUJAN BIRTHDAY” on 22^nd December. Every year since 2002.The event is celebrated to inspire the students to take Ramanujan as their role model.50 top colleges in the twin cities were invited for the event.

VENUE: AURORA AUDITORIUM

DATE: 22^nd DEC.

CO-ORDINATOR: Department of mathematics Ms.MEERA JOSHI.

List of Committees

Organizing & Guest relation: Latha Salome & G.Prathibha

Reception: Meera joshi

Prizes: Ragasudha.B.

Transport: Tvap Sastry.

BRIEF:

The programme started with lighting of the lam by the Dr.K.Satyanarayana,Prof OU & Dr.Ravi paturi Principal of the college. The principal inspired the students to take Ramanujan as their role model.Dr. K.Satyanarana spoke about MEN OF MATHEMATICS like Fibonacci, Lagrange & Ramanujan.He told about a lot of stories which led these Mathematical works. The historical background was presented in a very inspiring way  The students enjoyed the lectures very much because they were exposed to how these mathematicians developed out of their thought.

COMPETITION DETAILS:

1.QUIZ:

The quiz was conducted in apptitude, mathemetics & history of mathematics .More than 35 teams registered. A prelim was conducted & 5 teams entered the finals.

2.PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS:

The students are expected to solve a problem in maximum possible ways using different concepts .A student who is good at this gets the prize.

3.EXTEMPORE:

The students were given various topics related to mathematics and its applications.Each student has to speak instantaneously on the topic given for 2 minutes.

RAMANUJAM BIRTHDAY, 2006

The department of mathematics has a tradition of celebrity the great Indian mathematician “Srinivas Ramanujan Birthday” on 22nd December every year since 2002.  The event  is celebrated to inspire the students to take Ramanujan as their role model and to give a message that a real talent is never hidden.  The necessity of mathematical invention is imagination and this has been proved by this genius.

Venue:  Aurora Auditorium

Date:  22^nd, December.

Coordinator:  Mr. K. Sayanarayana.

Head:  Meera Joshi

Brief:

The event started with a prayer by Ms. Vishali from MPCs & Ms. Vidya from MPCs.  The lamp was lighted by HOD Ms. Meera Joshi.  Ms. Jyothi. P. faculty Dept. of mathematics welcomed the guests Dr. Umakanth Sastry retd. Professor from IIT, Kharagpur. The technical advisor for Srinidhi Institute of Technology was the chief guest.  He addressed the students and advised them to do anything perfectly with full commitment.  Dr. C. Govardhan was the guest of honor and he spoke about “Ramanujan & his works”.  The students listened to his lecture carefully and very curiously.  It was a very interesting lecture where Ramanujan”s conjectures and series representation was discussed.

The Dept. organized “psi-quest” and the competitions was conducted in problem solving skills, paper presentation, quiz and extempore.  The prizes for these competitions were distributed by Dr. Umakanth Sastry for P.G. students and Dr. c. Govardhan for U.G. students.  The vote of thanks by Mr. K. Satyanarayana was followed by the national anthem.

Ramanujan’s Birthday celebration-2007

The department of Mathematics has a tradition of celebrating the great Indian Mathematician “Srinivasa Ramanujan Birthday” on 22^nd Dec every year since 2002.

The event is celebrated to inspire the students to take Ramanjan as their role model.

Venue: Aurora Auditorium

Date: 22^nd Dec 2007

Co-ordinator: Mr.B.T.Maruthi, Dept of Mathematics

The programme started with lightening of the lamp by the Prof.Srinadh from SVU and Prof.NRK Nambiar and B.Viswanath and prayer was sung by M.S.Vishali of MPCs-2.A welcome note was delivered by Ms.Prathibha.Prof.Srinadh inspired the students to take Ramanujan as their role model.He explained the technique of Mathematical modeling used in various research works.He spoke abour his reseaerch work using linear and non linear differential equations to peristaltic flows while gulping food,blood flow and excertion by human body. He applied the same technique in modeling nueron behaviour of human brain.The students enjoyed the lecture very much because they were exposed to how Mathematics plays a very vital role in understanding the phenamenon related to biological sciences..

After this enlighting speach prizes were distributed to prize winners of various competitions conducted on the event of Ramanujan’s birth day like quiz, problem solving skills, and paper presentation.

The event came to end with vote of thanks deliverd by event coordinator Mr.B.T.Maruthi followed by national anthem.

Ramanujan’s Birthday celebration-2008

The department of Mathematics has a tradition of celebrating the great Indian Mathematician “Srinivasa Ramanujan Birthday” on 22^nd Dec every year since 2002.

The event is celebrated to inspire the students to take Ramanjan as their role model.

Venue: Aurora Auditorium

Date: 22^nd Dec 2008

Co-ordinator: Mr.G.Ramesh, Dept of Mathematics

The programme started with lightening of the lamp by the Prof.Srinath Kannan and Prof.NRK Nambiar and B.Viswanath and prayer was sung by M.S.Vishali of MPCs-3.A welcome note was delivered by Ms.Latha Salome.Prof.Srinath Kannan  inspired the students to take Ramanujan as their role model.He explained applications of Mathematics in various fileds, like cryptology etc . He expalined about RSA algorithm and role Mathematics in construction and security algorithm.The students enjoyed the lecture very much because they were exposed to how Mathematics plays a very vital role in understanding the application of number theory.

After this enlighting speach prizes were distributed to prize winners of various competitions conducted on the event of Ramanujan’s birth day like quiz, problem solving skills, and paper presentation.

The event came to end with vote of thanks deliverd by event coordinator Mr.G.Ramesh followed by national anthem.

RAMANUJANS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION-2009

The department of mathematics has a tradition of celebrity the great Indian mathematician “SRINIVAS RAMANUJAN BIRTHDAY” on 22^nd December. Every year since 2002.The event is celebrated to inspire the students to take Ramanujan as their role model.

Brief of the celebration:

The celebration was not taken up in a large scale this year as there was no clarity whether the students will be available for organizing & participating in the program due to Telengana Agitation. The previous planning of conducting competitions had to be given up due to reason mentioned already. Apart from this all the attention & energy of the faculty & students was directed towards academic activity. The posters of Ramanujans life & work were pasted through out the college in all the blocks so that the students are reminded of the great Mathematical legend. A write –up about Ramanujan was sent on mails to all students.