C. V. Raman | Year Awarded: 1954

C. V. Raman was a distinguished physicist best known for his groundbreaking discovery of the scattering of light, now famously termed "Raman scattering." His research in this field earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. Raman's work has left an enduring impact on the fields of atomic physics and electromagnetism, significantly advancing our understanding of light and matter.