Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
C. V. RAMANIt is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray.
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We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit which can recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to our rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny.
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To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water.
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The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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I feel it is unnatural and immoral to try to teach science to children in a foreign language They will know facts, but they will miss the spirit.
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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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