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National Science Day is celebrated every year in India on 28 February. It marks the discovery of the Raman effect by the renowned Indian physicist Sir C.V. Raman.
National Science Day is observed as a day to focus on discoveries and developments. The main event of the National Science Day 2022 will be held at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
National Science Day is predominantly celebrated to honour the discovery of the Raman effect by C.V. Raman. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics a few years after the discovery.
C.V. Raman made his discovery on 28 February, this is the reason why this day is regarded as the National Science Day every year in India.
The main event is going to take place on Sunday, 28 February 2022 at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind will be present at the event.
"In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge." – C. V. Raman
"In the first English class I attended, Prof. E. H. Elliot, addressing me, asked if I really belonged to the Junior B. A. class, and I had to answer him in the affirmative. He then proceeded to inquire how old I was." – C. V. Raman
"I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you." – C. V. Raman
"It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work ‘The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces." – C. V. Raman
National Science Day 2022 theme: Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future.
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Science holds an integral part in everybody's life.
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Celebrate National Science Day 2022 by investing time in making new discoveries.
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