Indian Academy of Sciences

Indian Academy of Sciences
Established1934; 90 years ago (1934)
FounderC. V. Raman
PresidentUmesh Waghmare
Location, ,
13°0′51.91″N 77°34′48.40″E / 13.0144194°N 77.5801111°E / 13.0144194; 77.5801111
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The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was founded by Indian Physicist and Nobel Laureate C. V. Raman, and was registered as a society on 27 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it began with 65 founding fellows. The first general meeting of Fellows, held on the same day, elected Raman as president, and adopted the constitution of the Academy.[1]

  1. ^ D. P. Burma; Maharani Chakravorty (2011). From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry. Pearson Education India. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-81-317-3220-5. Retrieved 14 June 2013.