Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS (7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist whose work was influential in the growth of science. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light changes in wavelength. This phenomenon is now called Raman scattering and is the result of the Raman effect.


The Raman papers archive curated by Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India. C.V. Raman and his work

Read more at ACS
the-raman-effect-commemorative-booklet
Raman Effect as the Chemist’s Tool

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Scenario of Indian science

Some selected articles on Indian research scenario:

Chemistry: 
Chemistry is central science. This article describe current state of research and teaching in India.
Chemistry in India: unlocking the potential. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 114 – 117
Read it at  DST, India  Wiley Readcube

Science:

Basic Science in India: From Education to Research, Nature Network
Research output  Changing scenario of Indian science  Indian R&D Scenario by AV Ramarao

Chemists of India

 Chemists of India

Here is an inspiring article about Prof. CNR Rao's  journey, accomplishments and a distinguished career.

 http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/How+I+made+it:+CNR+Rao,+Scientist/1/100031.html

 

 

Read more about Famous Indian Chemists 

Open Access Journals

'Open Access' is a buzz word in academics. Normally, It indicates free access to scientific article i.e. access without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-access_journal]

 http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/11/30/criteria-for-determining-predatory-open-access-publishers-2nd-edition/


Directories/Tools:

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE)
• Open Access Directory
• e-Century Publishing Corporation
• Genamics JournalSeek 
• ABC-Chemistry: Directory of Free Journals in Chemistry
• http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Main_Page

Learning Science

Learning Science - learn it with Dr C N Rao

Home Page   of Professor Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao

http://www.ignouonline.ac.in/sakshat/html/doctor.html

	Learning Science Part-I
	Learning Science part-II
	Learning Science part-III
	Learning Science part-IV

 

The Organic Reactions Wiki

 Organic Reactions A comprehensive resource which provides information about the most important and useful synthetic reactions, organized primarily by reaction type. It contains mechanism, scope, and limitations of reactions for each reaction type. 

Based on this large work, there is freely accessible wiki which provides basic information about a reaction published in this collection. this can be accessed at http://organicreactions.org/index.php/Welcome_to_the_Organic_Reactions_Wiki_Home_Page

American conventions and definitions on terms like periodicity/frequency

 It is observed that America dominates the scholarly environment, hence American conventions and definitions on terms like periodicity/frequency will be followed as is given below:

 

S No	Abbreviation	Periodicity	Frequency	Number
1.	d	Daily	once per day	365/12
2.	i	——–	three times per week	156/12
3.	c	Semi-Weekly	two times per week (‘half of a week’)	104/12
4.	w	Weekly	once per week	52/12
5.	j	——–	three times per month	36/12
6.	e	Bi-Weekly	every two weeks	26/12
7.	s	Semi-Monthly = Fortnight	two times per month (‘half of a month’)	24/12
8.	m	Monthly	once per month	12/12
9.	b	Bi-Monthly	every two months	6/12
10.	q	Quarterly	four times per year	4/12
11.	t	——–	three times per year	3/12
12.	f	Semi-Annual = Bi-Annual	two times per year (‘half of a year’)	2/12
13.	a	Annual	once per year	1/12
14.	g	Biennial	every two years	1/24
15.	h	Triennial	every three years	1/36
16.	z	——–	KNOWN: other frequencies (quadrennial – every four years, quinquennial – every five years, etc.)	1/48, 1/60 etc
17.	k	Irregular	known to be so (no determinable frequency)
18.	u	——–	UNKNOWN other frequencies