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'''Ganeshan Venkataraman''' is an Indian [[condensed matter physicist]], writer and a former vice chancellor of the [[Sri Sathya Sai University]].<ref name="A Hot Story">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvCCcQyUkoIC&q=ganesan+venkataraman+scientist&pg=PA138 | title=A Hot Story | publisher=Universities Press | author=G. Venkataraman | year=1993 | pages=134 | isbn=9788173710100}}</ref> An elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]],<ref name="INSA profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N77-0864 | title=INSA profile | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2015 | access-date=2 October 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813054530/http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N77-0864 | archive-date=13 August 2016 }}</ref> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="IAS Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=V | title=IAS Fellow | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2015 | access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref>
'''Ganeshan Venkataraman''' is an Indian [[condensed matter physicist]], writer and a former vice chancellor of the [[Sri Sathya Sai University]].<ref name="A Hot Story">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvCCcQyUkoIC&q=ganesan+venkataraman+scientist&pg=PA138 | title=A Hot Story | publisher=Universities Press | author=G. Venkataraman | year=1993 | pages=134 | isbn=9788173710100}}</ref> An elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]],<ref name="INSA profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N77-0864 | title=INSA profile | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2015 | access-date=2 October 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813054530/http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N77-0864 | archive-date=13 August 2016 }}</ref> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="IAS Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=V | title=IAS Fellow | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2015 | access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>
Venkataraman is a recipient of [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]], [[Sir C. V. Raman]] Prize of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] and the [[Indira Gandhi]] Prize for Popularisation of Science of the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="INSA profile" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
Venkataraman is a recipient of [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]], [[Sir C. V. Raman]] Prize of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] and the [[Indira Gandhi]] Prize for Popularisation of Science of the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="INSA profile" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Venkataraman was born on 6 October 1932, at Madurai in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.<ref name="IAS Fellow" /> After his post graduation, he joined [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] (BARC) and worked at various stations including the [[Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research]], [[Kalpakkam]],<ref name="Saha and His Formula">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCbjwQmaXawC&q=ganesan+venkataraman+scientist&pg=PA196 | title=Saha and His Formula | publisher=Universities Press | author=Ganeshan Venkataraman | year=1995 | pages=194 | isbn=9788173710179}}</ref> where he served as the director of the Physics, Electronics and Instrumentation Group.<ref name="INSA profile" /> During this period, he pursued his doctoral research and secured a doctoral degree (PhD) in [[condensed matter physics]] in 1966 from the [[University of Mumbai]].<ref name="INSA profile" /> Later, he was appointed as the director of [[Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group]] (ANURAG) of the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO).<ref name="INSA profile" /> After superannuation from government service, he served as the vice chancellor and honorary professor of the [[Sri Sathya Sai University]].<ref name="A Hot Story" />
Venkataraman was born on 6 October 1932, at Madurai in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.<ref name="IAS Fellow" /> After his post graduation, he joined [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] (BARC) and worked at various stations including the [[Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research]], [[Kalpakkam]],<ref name="Saha and His Formula">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCbjwQmaXawC&q=ganesan+venkataraman+scientist&pg=PA196 | title=Saha and His Formula | publisher=Universities Press | author=Ganeshan Venkataraman | year=1995 | pages=194 | isbn=9788173710179}}</ref> where he served as the director of the Physics, Electronics and Instrumentation Group.<ref name="INSA profile" /> During this period, he pursued his doctoral research and secured a doctoral degree (PhD) in [[condensed matter physics]] in 1966 from the [[University of Mumbai]].<ref name="INSA profile" /> Later, he was appointed as the director of [[Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group]] (ANURAG) of the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO).<ref name="INSA profile" /> After superannuation from government service, he served as the vice chancellor and honorary professor of the [[Sri Sathya Sai University]].<ref name="A Hot Story" />


Venkataraman, a distinguished professor of DRDO, has done advanced research in subjects such as neutron scattering, lattice dynamics, mechanical properties of matter, non-crystalline state, neutral networks and image processing. His contributions are reported in the design of [[Very-large-scale integration|Very Large Scale Integrated]] (VLSI) Circuits and its technology transfer. Apart from the scientific monographs like ''Dynamics of Perfect Crystals and Beyond the Crystalline State'', he has also published several books such as, ''Journey into light: life and science of C.V. Raman'',<ref name="Journey into light: life and science of C.V. Raman">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YaTvAAAAMAAJ | title=Journey into light: life and science of C.V. Raman | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | author=Ganeshan Venkataraman | year=1988 | pages=570 | isbn=9788185324005}}</ref> ''A Hot Story'',<ref name="A Hot Story" /> ''Bhabha and His Magnificent Obsessions''<ref name="Bhabha and His Magnificent Obsessions">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OxBBimcMVpgC&q=ganesan+venkataraman+scientist | title=Bhabha and His Magnificent Obsessions | publisher=Universities Press | author=Ganeshan Venkataraman | year=1994 | pages=209 | isbn=9788173710070}}</ref> and ''Saha and His Formula''.<ref name="Saha and His Formula"/> He is also a former member of the editorial board of ''Pramana'',<ref name="Pramana">{{cite web | url=https://www.springer.com/physics/journal/12043 | title=Pramana | publisher=Springer | date=2015 | access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref> a reputed journal of Physics<ref name="INSA profile" /> and has delivered several keynote addresses and lectures.<ref name="Prof Ganesan Venkataraman, Honorary Professor at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Delivers 3rd Dr. Kulwant Rai Memorial Lecture">{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/finance/prof-ganesan-venkataraman-honorary-professor-at-the-sri-sathya-sai-institute-of-higher-learning-delivers-3rd-dr-kulwant-rai-memorial-lecture-news-press-releases-nlpxEgahfijsi.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105001244/http://www.sify.com/finance/prof-ganesan-venkataraman-honorary-professor-at-the-sri-sathya-sai-institute-of-higher-learning-delivers-3rd-dr-kulwant-rai-memorial-lecture-news-press-releases-nlpxEgahfijsi.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 November 2015 | title=Prof Ganesan Venkataraman, Honorary Professor at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Delivers 3rd Dr. Kulwant Rai Memorial Lecture | publisher=Sify | date=15 November 2013 | access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Telegraph news">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/external/display.jsp?mode=details&id=37253#.Vg4dUPmSxAB | title=The Telegraph news | publisher=The Telegraph | date=11 November 2013 | access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref>
Venkataraman, a distinguished professor of DRDO, has done advanced research in subjects such as neutron scattering, lattice dynamics, mechanical properties of matter, non-crystalline state, neutral networks and image processing. His contributions are reported in the design of [[Very-large-scale integration|Very Large Scale Integrated]] (VLSI) Circuits and its technology transfer. Apart from the scientific monographs like ''Dynamics of Perfect Crystals and Beyond the Crystalline State'', he has also published several books such as, ''Journey into light: life and science of C.V. Raman'',<ref name="Journey into light: life and science of C.V. Raman">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YaTvAAAAMAAJ | title=Journey into light: life and science of C.V. Raman | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | author=Ganeshan Venkataraman | year=1988 | pages=570 | isbn=9788185324005}}</ref> ''A Hot Story'',<ref name="A Hot Story" /> ''Bhabha and His Magnificent Obsessions''<ref name="Bhabha and His Magnificent Obsessions">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OxBBimcMVpgC&q=ganesan+venkataraman+scientist | title=Bhabha and His Magnificent Obsessions | publisher=Universities Press | author=Ganeshan Venkataraman | year=1994 | pages=209 | isbn=9788173710070}}</ref> and ''Saha and His Formula''.<ref name="Saha and His Formula"/> He is also a former member of the editorial board of ''Pramana'',<ref name="Pramana">{{cite web | url=https://www.springer.com/physics/journal/12043 | title=Pramana | publisher=Springer | date=2015 | access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref> a reputed journal of Physics<ref name="INSA profile" /> and has delivered several keynote addresses and lectures.<ref name="Prof Ganesan Venkataraman, Honorary Professor at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Delivers 3rd Dr. Kulwant Rai Memorial Lecture">{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/finance/prof-ganesan-venkataraman-honorary-professor-at-the-sri-sathya-sai-institute-of-higher-learning-delivers-3rd-dr-kulwant-rai-memorial-lecture-news-press-releases-nlpxEgahfijsi.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105001244/http://www.sify.com/finance/prof-ganesan-venkataraman-honorary-professor-at-the-sri-sathya-sai-institute-of-higher-learning-delivers-3rd-dr-kulwant-rai-memorial-lecture-news-press-releases-nlpxEgahfijsi.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 November 2015 | title=Prof Ganesan Venkataraman, Honorary Professor at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Delivers 3rd Dr. Kulwant Rai Memorial Lecture | publisher=Sify | date=15 November 2013 | access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="The Telegraph news">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/external/display.jsp?mode=details&id=37253#.Vg4dUPmSxAB | title=The Telegraph news | publisher=The Telegraph | date=11 November 2013 | access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>


The [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] elected Venkataraman as their Fellow in 1974.<ref name="IAS Fellow" /> The [[Indian National Science Academy]] followed suit by honouring him with elected Fellowship in 1977.<ref name="INSA profile" /> He has also been a [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow]] (1984–86) and is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society of India.<ref name="INSA profile" /> The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> The same year, he received the Sir C. V. Raman Award of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]].<ref name="INSA profile" /> The [[Indian National Science Academy]] awarded him the Indira Gandhi Prize for Popularisation of Science in 1994.<ref name="INSA profile" />
The [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] elected Venkataraman as their Fellow in 1974.<ref name="IAS Fellow" /> The [[Indian National Science Academy]] followed suit by honouring him with elected Fellowship in 1977.<ref name="INSA profile" /> He has also been a [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow]] (1984–86) and is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society of India.<ref name="INSA profile" /> The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> The same year, he received the Sir C. V. Raman Award of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]].<ref name="INSA profile" /> The [[Indian National Science Academy]] awarded him the Indira Gandhi Prize for Popularisation of Science in 1994.<ref name="INSA profile" />

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Ganeshan Venkataraman
Born6 October 1932
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationCondensed matter physicist
Writer
AwardsPadma Shri
UGC Sir C. V. Raman Award
INSA Indira Gandhi Prize

Ganeshan Venkataraman is an Indian condensed matter physicist, writer and a former vice chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai University.[1] An elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy,[2] and the Indian Academy of Sciences,[3] Venkataraman is a recipient of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, Sir C. V. Raman Prize of the University Grants Commission and the Indira Gandhi Prize for Popularisation of Science of the Indian National Science Academy.[2] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1991.[4]

Biography

Venkataraman was born on 6 October 1932, at Madurai in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[3] After his post graduation, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and worked at various stations including the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam,[5] where he served as the director of the Physics, Electronics and Instrumentation Group.[2] During this period, he pursued his doctoral research and secured a doctoral degree (PhD) in condensed matter physics in 1966 from the University of Mumbai.[2] Later, he was appointed as the director of Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group (ANURAG) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).[2] After superannuation from government service, he served as the vice chancellor and honorary professor of the Sri Sathya Sai University.[1]

Venkataraman, a distinguished professor of DRDO, has done advanced research in subjects such as neutron scattering, lattice dynamics, mechanical properties of matter, non-crystalline state, neutral networks and image processing. His contributions are reported in the design of Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) Circuits and its technology transfer. Apart from the scientific monographs like Dynamics of Perfect Crystals and Beyond the Crystalline State, he has also published several books such as, Journey into light: life and science of C.V. Raman,[6] A Hot Story,[1] Bhabha and His Magnificent Obsessions[7] and Saha and His Formula.[5] He is also a former member of the editorial board of Pramana,[8] a reputed journal of Physics[2] and has delivered several keynote addresses and lectures.[9][10]

The Indian Academy of Sciences elected Venkataraman as their Fellow in 1974.[3] The Indian National Science Academy followed suit by honouring him with elected Fellowship in 1977.[2] He has also been a Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow (1984–86) and is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society of India.[2] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1991.[4] The same year, he received the Sir C. V. Raman Award of the University Grants Commission.[2] The Indian National Science Academy awarded him the Indira Gandhi Prize for Popularisation of Science in 1994.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 G. Venkataraman (1993). A Hot Story. Universities Press. p. 134. ISBN 9788173710100.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "INSA profile". Indian National Science Academy. 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "IAS Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ganeshan Venkataraman (1995). Saha and His Formula. Universities Press. p. 194. ISBN 9788173710179.
  6. ↑ Ganeshan Venkataraman (1988). Journey into light: life and science of C.V. Raman. Indian Academy of Sciences. p. 570. ISBN 9788185324005.
  7. ↑ Ganeshan Venkataraman (1994). Bhabha and His Magnificent Obsessions. Universities Press. p. 209. ISBN 9788173710070.
  8. ↑ "Pramana". Springer. 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Prof Ganesan Venkataraman, Honorary Professor at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Delivers 3rd Dr. Kulwant Rai Memorial Lecture". Sify. 15 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "The Telegraph news". The Telegraph. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

Selected bibliography

  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1988). Journey into light: life and science of C.V. Raman. Indian Academy of Sciences. p. 570. ISBN 9788185324005.
  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1992). Bose and His Statistics. Universities Press. p. 126. ISBN 9788173710360.
  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1992). Chandrasekhar and His Limit. Universities Press. p. 134. ISBN 9780863113147.
  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1993). A Hot Story. Universities Press. p. 134. ISBN 9788173710100.
  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1994). Bhabha and His Magnificent Obsessions. Universities Press. p. 209. ISBN 9788173710070.
  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1995). Saha and His Formula. Universities Press. p. 194. ISBN 9788173710179.
  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1995). Raman and His Effect. Universities Press. p. 99. ISBN 9788173710087.
  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1997). Quantum revolution: Qed: the jewel of physics, Volume 2. Universities Press. p. 136. ISBN 9788173710032.
  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1997). Many Phases Of Matter. Universities Press. ISBN 9788173710346.
  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1994). What Is Reality?. Orient Blackswan. p. 137. ISBN 9780863114540.
  • Ganeshan Venkataraman (1997). Why are Things the Way They Are?. Universities Press. p. 112. ISBN 9788173710339.
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