National Science Day in 2025 focuses on the theme of the anniversary and its reasons for celebration alongside a profile of physicist CV Raman. Here’s all
For commemorating the scientific breakthrough of the Raman Effect by CV Raman in 1928 Indian citizens celebrate National Science Day annually on February 28. Since 1986 the nation has used this day to both honor scientific.
Accomplishments and spread awareness between students and public audiences throughout all of India. Society-based events including essay writing and speech competitions at institutions and schools provide opportunities for students to discover science and its relationship with society.
National Science Day 2025: Theme
This year’s National Science Day theme focuses on equipping Indian youth for worldwide scientific innovation leadership which will support Viksit Bharat. The development of the nation requires innovative leadership as one of its key drivers.
National Science Day Origin
National Science Day originated from the National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) recommendation to the Government of India to establish February 28 as a national holiday during 1986. The government started observing a yearly commemoration of the Raman Effect in 1987 for both recognizing its discovery along with promoting scientific thinking throughout the country.
Who was CV Raman?
CV Raman took birth in Tiruchirappalli on November 7 of 1888. From his early stages the academic environment grew due to his lecturer father who taught mathematics and physics.
When Raman enrolled in Madras-based Presidency College during 1902 he received the first position and gold medal after his BA in physics graduation in 1904. His 1907 Master of Arts degree came with both highest academic honors and exceptional performance. During his time as a student Raman focused his research effort on optics and acoustics fields.
Raman enrolled at Presidency College in Madras in 1902 and received his BA in physics with a gold medal and first-place ranking in 1904. Raman achieved his MA degree in 1907 as an honors recipient. The academic years of his life were spent conducting findings in the optics and acoustics fields.
His professional career began when he combined his work with the Indian Finance Department alongside his scientific research at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science based in Calcutta in 1907. The association named him its Honorary Secretary in 1919.
He began his professorship at Calcutta University by accepting the Palit Chair of Physics in 1917, and then he moved to the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore to take a professorship from 1933 to 1948.
He established and self-funded the Raman Research Institute when he took over as its Director in 1948 in Bangalore. Raman established the Indian Journal of Physics in 1926, and he made substantial contributions towards the formation of the Indian Academy of Sciences while occupying the presidency.
Raman achieved the Nobel Prize in 1930 because of his discovery known as the Raman Effect and received the Bharat Ratna honor in 1954. His life ended on November 21, 1970, when he reached 82 years during his residence in Bangalore.