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Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Honours
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Records
Krishnan's election to the Royal Society in 1940 placed him among the world's leading physicists. The Padma Bhushan recognized his role in building Indian science. His knighthood reflected the British Empire's acknowledgment of his contributions. These honors underscore his dual impact: as a discoverer and as an institution-builder.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Society·1940
Elected for contributions to physics
Padma Bhushan
Government of India·1954
Third-highest civilian award
Knight Bachelor
British Crown·1946
Knighthood for services to science
Records & Feats
Co-discoverer of the Raman effect
Historic First·1928
Krishnan and Raman were the first to observe and explain the inelastic scattering of light by molecules, a phenomenon that later won Raman the Nobel Prize.