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India is full of geniuses and innovators who have made us proud. Needless to say, our country's contributions to the field of science are some of the greatest. But here's the thing. Most of these scientists are either not well-known or not talked about enough. The years of hard work that these people have put in is immensely applaudable and deserves our attention. 

If you haven't heard of them, here are 15 lesser-talked about Indian innovators that you must take out time to read about:

 

1. Yellapragada Subbarow 

Even if you don't understand the technicalities, I'm sure you know what cancer is. This Indianbiochemist discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell, and developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer! Guess who's helping us out, immensely? 

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Source: Wikimedia

 

2. Satyendra Nath Bose

He is 'one of those' who actually met Albert Einstein to formulate a theory related to the gas-like qualities of electromagnetic radiation! Indeed a brilliant mathematician and physicist. 

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Source: Changeminds

 

3. Vinod Dham

He is popularly known as the Father of the Pentium Chip because of his contributions in the development of Pentium Processor for Intel. No wonder Intel is one of the world's largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers! 

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Source: Economictimes

 

4. Jagdish Chandra Bose

If you love listening to the radio, you should know the first public demonstration of radio waves for communication was made by Mr Bose in 1895. A true pioneer in communications! 

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Source: ajcbosecollege

 

5. Narinder Singh Kapany

Regarded as an unsung hero by Fortune Magazine, his earlier works led to the invention of optic fibers. Thank him for those pretty optic-light lamps at your place! 

5.jpg

Source: Parrikar

 

6. Prafulla Chandra Ray 

Guess who's the founder of India's first pharmaceutical company, Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals? Hats off to this amazing chemist and entrepreneur! 

7.jpg

Source: Kabirsumanonline

 

7. S.S. Abhyankar

This mathematician is famous for his outstanding contributions to algebraic geometry. Now you know who to blame for all the cumbersome algebra problems!

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Source: Cspurdue

 

8. Meghnad Saha

We may not understand the fundas  behind the astrological crap we hear everyday. But this astrophysicist developed the Saha equation which explains chemical and physical conditions in stars. It is considered as the twelfth most important landmark in the history of astronomy! 

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Source: IloveIndia

 

9. Har Gobind Khorana

Two words. Genetic code. He won a Nobel Prize in 1968 for his outstanding work in the field and is the first person to segregate the DNA parts and chains of nucleotides. But how many of us have heard of him?

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Source: Newsoffice

 

10. Dr Raj Reddy

If you have heard of artificial intelligence, then you must know the man behind its inception. He is the winner of the Turing Award, accredited with Padma Bhushan and a key faculty member of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon for more than 40 years.

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Source: rgukt

 

11. Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu

How does an electric motor work? Well, because of him! He is referred to as the Edison of India and has manufactured the first electric motor in India, in 1937.  But that's not all! His other inventions include super-thin shaving blades, a distance adjuster for film cameras, a fruit juice extractor, a tamper-proof vote-recording machine and a kerosene-run fan! 

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Source: Wikimedia

 

12. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

So he graduated with a degree in physics before reaching his twentieth birthday, is a child prodigy and The Chandrasekhar Limit is named after him! Insane right? For the bulk of work that he's done, he also won a Nobel Prize. 

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Source: Physik

 

13. G.N.Ramachandran 

Along with his major contributions in Physics and Biology, he discovered the ways to describe the 3-D structure of proteins well before the same was done with crystallography. Amazing, right? He also created the Ramachandran plot for understanding peptide structure and was the first to propose a triple-helical model for the structure of collagen

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Source: Iucr

 

14.  Ashoke Sen

A legendary physicist of his time, he was among the first recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize "for opening the path to the realisation that all string theories are different limits of the same underlying theory". Currently, a professor at the Harish-Chandra Research InstituteAllahabad, he is also the Morningstar Visiting Professor at MIT.

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Source: Quora

 

15. Aneesur Rahman

Have you heard about the Aneesur Rahman Prize for computational physics? This man has an award in his honour for being the father of molecular dynamics, a discipline of physics that utilizes computers to simulate microscopic behavior of physical systems. His study of liquid argon in 1964 started an entire field of study!  

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Source: hcurocks

 

Special mention: Hemendra Nath Chatterjee 

We weren't aware of the Diarrhoea treatment until he showed us how. Let's remember him as the Bengali scientist who was the first to formulate and demonstrate the effectiveness of Orally Rehydrated Saline for diarrhoea management.

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India is full of geniuses and innovators who have made us proud. Needless to say, our country's contributions to the field of science are some of the greatest. But here's the thing. Most of these scientists are either not well-known or not talked about enough. The years of hard work that these people have put in is immensely applaudable and deserves our attention. 

If you haven't heard of them, here are 15 lesser-talked about Indian innovators that you must take out time to read about:

 

1. Yellapragada Subbarow 

Even if you don't understand the technicalities, I'm sure you know what cancer is. This Indianbiochemist discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell, and developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer! Guess who's helping us out, immensely? 

1.jpg

Source: Wikimedia

 

2. Satyendra Nath Bose

He is 'one of those' who actually met Albert Einstein to formulate a theory related to the gas-like qualities of electromagnetic radiation! Indeed a brilliant mathematician and physicist. 

2.jpg

Source: Changeminds

 

3. Vinod Dham

He is popularly known as the Father of the Pentium Chip because of his contributions in the development of Pentium Processor for Intel. No wonder Intel is one of the world's largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers! 

3.jpg

Source: Economictimes

 

4. Jagdish Chandra Bose

If you love listening to the radio, you should know the first public demonstration of radio waves for communication was made by Mr Bose in 1895. A true pioneer in communications! 

4.jpg

Source: ajcbosecollege

 

5. Narinder Singh Kapany

Regarded as an unsung hero by Fortune Magazine, his earlier works led to the invention of optic fibers. Thank him for those pretty optic-light lamps at your place! 

5.jpg

Source: Parrikar

 

6. Prafulla Chandra Ray 

Guess who's the founder of India's first pharmaceutical company, Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals? Hats off to this amazing chemist and entrepreneur! 

7.jpg

Source: Kabirsumanonline

 

7. S.S. Abhyankar

This mathematician is famous for his outstanding contributions to algebraic geometry. Now you know who to blame for all the cumbersome algebra problems!

8.jpg

Source: Cspurdue

 

8. Meghnad Saha

We may not understand the fundas  behind the astrological crap we hear everyday. But this astrophysicist developed the Saha equation which explains chemical and physical conditions in stars. It is considered as the twelfth most important landmark in the history of astronomy! 

9.jpg

Source: IloveIndia

 

9. Har Gobind Khorana

Two words. Genetic code. He won a Nobel Prize in 1968 for his outstanding work in the field and is the first person to segregate the DNA parts and chains of nucleotides. But how many of us have heard of him?

10.jpg

Source: Newsoffice

 

10. Dr Raj Reddy

If you have heard of artificial intelligence, then you must know the man behind its inception. He is the winner of the Turing Award, accredited with Padma Bhushan and a key faculty member of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon for more than 40 years.

11.jpg

Source: rgukt

 

11. Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu

How does an electric motor work? Well, because of him! He is referred to as the Edison of India and has manufactured the first electric motor in India, in 1937.  But that's not all! His other inventions include super-thin shaving blades, a distance adjuster for film cameras, a fruit juice extractor, a tamper-proof vote-recording machine and a kerosene-run fan! 

12.jpg

Source: Wikimedia

 

12. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

So he graduated with a degree in physics before reaching his twentieth birthday, is a child prodigy and The Chandrasekhar Limit is named after him! Insane right? For the bulk of work that he's done, he also won a Nobel Prize. 

13.jpg

Source: Physik

 

13. G.N.Ramachandran 

Along with his major contributions in Physics and Biology, he discovered the ways to describe the 3-D structure of proteins well before the same was done with crystallography. Amazing, right? He also created the Ramachandran plot for understanding peptide structure and was the first to propose a triple-helical model for the structure of collagen

14.jpg

Source: Iucr

 

14.  Ashoke Sen

A legendary physicist of his time, he was among the first recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize "for opening the path to the realisation that all string theories are different limits of the same underlying theory". Currently, a professor at the Harish-Chandra Research InstituteAllahabad, he is also the Morningstar Visiting Professor at MIT.

15.gif

Source: Quora

 

15. Aneesur Rahman

Have you heard about the Aneesur Rahman Prize for computational physics? This man has an award in his honour for being the father of molecular dynamics, a discipline of physics that utilizes computers to simulate microscopic behavior of physical systems. His study of liquid argon in 1964 started an entire field of study!  

ar.jpg

Source: hcurocks

 

Special mention: Hemendra Nath Chatterjee 

We weren't aware of the Diarrhoea treatment until he showed us how. Let's remember him as the Bengali scientist who was the first to formulate and demonstrate the effectiveness of Orally Rehydrated Saline for diarrhoea management.

(We couldn't find an authentic image of image)

 

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India is full of geniuses and innovators who have made us proud. Needless to say, our country's contributions to the field of science are some of the greatest. But here's the thing. Most of these scientists are either not well-known or not talked about enough. The years of hard work that these people have put in is immensely applaudable and deserves our attention. 

If you haven't heard of them, here are 15 lesser-talked about Indian innovators that you must take out time to read about:

 

1. Yellapragada Subbarow 

Even if you don't understand the technicalities, I'm sure you know what cancer is. This Indianbiochemist discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell, and developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer! Guess who's helping us out, immensely? 

1.jpg

Source: Wikimedia

 

2. Satyendra Nath Bose

He is 'one of those' who actually met Albert Einstein to formulate a theory related to the gas-like qualities of electromagnetic radiation! Indeed a brilliant mathematician and physicist. 

2.jpg

Source: Changeminds

 

3. Vinod Dham

He is popularly known as the Father of the Pentium Chip because of his contributions in the development of Pentium Processor for Intel. No wonder Intel is one of the world's largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers! 

3.jpg

Source: Economictimes

 

4. Jagdish Chandra Bose

If you love listening to the radio, you should know the first public demonstration of radio waves for communication was made by Mr Bose in 1895. A true pioneer in communications! 

4.jpg

Source: ajcbosecollege

 

5. Narinder Singh Kapany

Regarded as an unsung hero by Fortune Magazine, his earlier works led to the invention of optic fibers. Thank him for those pretty optic-light lamps at your place! 

5.jpg

Source: Parrikar

 

6. Prafulla Chandra Ray 

Guess who's the founder of India's first pharmaceutical company, Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals? Hats off to this amazing chemist and entrepreneur! 

7.jpg

Source: Kabirsumanonline

 

7. S.S. Abhyankar

This mathematician is famous for his outstanding contributions to algebraic geometry. Now you know who to blame for all the cumbersome algebra problems!

8.jpg

Source: Cspurdue

 

8. Meghnad Saha

We may not understand the fundas  behind the astrological crap we hear everyday. But this astrophysicist developed the Saha equation which explains chemical and physical conditions in stars. It is considered as the twelfth most important landmark in the history of astronomy! 

9.jpg

Source: IloveIndia

 

9. Har Gobind Khorana

Two words. Genetic code. He won a Nobel Prize in 1968 for his outstanding work in the field and is the first person to segregate the DNA parts and chains of nucleotides. But how many of us have heard of him?

10.jpg

Source: Newsoffice

 

10. Dr Raj Reddy

If you have heard of artificial intelligence, then you must know the man behind its inception. He is the winner of the Turing Award, accredited with Padma Bhushan and a key faculty member of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon for more than 40 years.

11.jpg

Source: rgukt

 

11. Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu

How does an electric motor work? Well, because of him! He is referred to as the Edison of India and has manufactured the first electric motor in India, in 1937.  But that's not all! His other inventions include super-thin shaving blades, a distance adjuster for film cameras, a fruit juice extractor, a tamper-proof vote-recording machine and a kerosene-run fan! 

12.jpg

Source: Wikimedia

 

12. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

So he graduated with a degree in physics before reaching his twentieth birthday, is a child prodigy and The Chandrasekhar Limit is named after him! Insane right? For the bulk of work that he's done, he also won a Nobel Prize. 

13.jpg

Source: Physik

 

13. G.N.Ramachandran 

Along with his major contributions in Physics and Biology, he discovered the ways to describe the 3-D structure of proteins well before the same was done with crystallography. Amazing, right? He also created the Ramachandran plot for understanding peptide structure and was the first to propose a triple-helical model for the structure of collagen

14.jpg

Source: Iucr

 

14.  Ashoke Sen

A legendary physicist of his time, he was among the first recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize "for opening the path to the realisation that all string theories are different limits of the same underlying theory". Currently, a professor at the Harish-Chandra Research InstituteAllahabad, he is also the Morningstar Visiting Professor at MIT.

15.gif

Source: Quora

 

15. Aneesur Rahman

Have you heard about the Aneesur Rahman Prize for computational physics? This man has an award in his honour for being the father of molecular dynamics, a discipline of physics that utilizes computers to simulate microscopic behavior of physical systems. His study of liquid argon in 1964 started an entire field of study!  

ar.jpg

Source: hcurocks

 

Special mention: Hemendra Nath Chatterjee 

We weren't aware of the Diarrhoea treatment until he showed us how. Let's remember him as the Bengali scientist who was the first to formulate and demonstrate the effectiveness of Orally Rehydrated Saline for diarrhoea management.

(We couldn't find an authentic image of image)

 

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