National Science Day: Celebrating Raman Effect, India's Nobel-Winning Discovery

• National Science Day is observed annually on February 28, marking C. V. Raman's 1928 discovery of the Raman Effect.
• The Raman Effect explains how light interacts with matter at a molecular level, revealing internal structures.
• This discovery earned C. V. Raman the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
• The Raman Effect is the basis for Raman Spectroscopy, a technique used in pharmaceuticals, forensics, and space exploration.
• It helps identify substances, analyze drug quality, detect explosives, study biological tissues, and examine Martian minerals.