C v raman essay competition 2012

During his student period he conducted many researches and published his papers in many reputed magazines. In the same year, that is, 1907, Raman got the first position in the Financial Service Examination and was appointed as the Assistant Accountant General in Calcutta.

His father was a physics teacher and so it was natural that Raman developed love for this subject. He was a brilliant student from the very beginning. As a brilliant and promising lad, he passed his matriculation examination at the young age of 12 from Madras University.

His contributions to the mechanical theory of bowed, stringed and other musical instruments like violin, sitar, cello, piano, veena, Tanpura and mridangam have been very significant. He explained in detail how these musical instruments produce harmonious tones and notes.

In December, 1927 he was busy in laboratory when the news came that the well-known physicist A.M. Compton was awarded the Nobel Prize for demonstrating that the nature of X-rays undergoes a change when passed through a matter. This effect came to be known as the “Compton Effect.”