National Science Day is celebrated every year on 28 February. It is observed to honour the contributions of our scientists. On this day, in 1928, an Indian physicist, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, made an important discovery in the field of spectroscopy, which was later named after him – the Raman Effect.
C V Raman, as he is popularly known, was born on 7 November, 1888. He was the first Indian scientist to win the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of what is later named as Raman Effect in 1930. He discovered that when light passes through a transparent material, some of the deflected light beams change in wavelength. This phenomenon was named ‘Raman Scattering’ or Raman Effect. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954. So, in memory of his discovery National Science Day is celebrated. C V Raman passed away on 21 November, 1970.
The first National Science Day was observed on 28 February, 1987. Educational institutions celebrate the National Science Day by organising public speeches, Radio & TV Programmes, science movies and exhibitions on various themes and concepts, debates, quiz competitions, lectures, seminars and science exhibitions. Let us take a pledge on this day to live a life with scientific temper. Let us make our country proud with our contributions to the development of science.
The theme for Science Day for the year 2023 is Global Science For Global Wellbeing.
