According to RRI, the objective behind the gallery is to provide an idea of the history of the institute and the life of its founder in 1881. Admission is free, with tours of educational institutions among potential visitors.
“It is my sincere desire to bring into existence a scientific research center worthy of our ancient country where the keen intellect of our country can explore the mysteries of the universe”, thus began a letter to CV Raman himself, revealing the thought process that led to the establishment of the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in 1948. managed
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In the institute’s new archival gallery, inaugurated by former ISRO chairman K Kasturirangan on Tuesday, the letter stands in bold print near the entrance, along with images of some of the major prizes Raman won in his storied career — starting with the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1930 and extended the award for several years until the final one, the 1957 Lenin Peace Prize of the USSR.
A bird’s-eye view of the map of the 22-acre RRI campus near the letter, marking the points of interest as well as the various species of trees planted across the campus. The most prominent of these is the Raman tree, a primavera planted to mark the spot where Raman was cremated after his death. According to the gallery, Raman complained of not being able to see the gardens on his deathbed, after which his bed was raised.
The institute itself stands on land donated by the Maharaja of Mysore, Krishnaraja Odeyara, later acquired by Raman.
According to RRI, the objective behind the gallery is to provide an idea of the history of the institute and the life of its founder in 1881. Admission is free, with tours of educational institutions among potential visitors.
In a statement after the inauguration, RRI said the gallery’s square design was inspired by the open Chettinad courtyard, with space in the center for student discussion. The gallery itself has been operating since 2018. Two walls are devoted to a graded timeline of CV Raman’s life, including photos of his childhood home and his fellow students at Madras Presidency College, which Raman attended after he stopped studying abroad due to his health, and even a mechanical violin that he spared as a bicycle. Made from parts.
A series of red discs mounted on the hook also display lesser-known tidbits of information, for example that Raman was so confident of winning the Nobel Prize that he booked a ship two months in advance to attend the ceremony. One Jayaraman, one of the Institute’s first students, recalls in another disc that RRI lacked electricity in its early days and a heliostat mirror had to be operated by hand crank.
The remaining two walls are dedicated to the university’s research involvement and achievements in soft condensed matter physics, astronomy, theoretical physics, and the physics of light and matter, as well as the facilities that support this research. Some of these research projects include radio and millimeter wave telescopes, development of LCD screens, and research into quantum computing and communications.