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.
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 is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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It will soon be 25 years from the date of publication of my first research work. That the scientific aspirations kindled by that early work did not suffer extinction has been due entirely to the opportunities provided for me by the great city of Calcutta.
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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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And it was this belief which led to the subject becoming the main theme of our activities at Calcutta from that time onwards.
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It seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.
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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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It was the late Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar who, by founding the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, made it possible for the scientific aspirations of my early years to continue burning brightly.
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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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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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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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A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.
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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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