R. S. Krishnan

Krishnan was born in a small village named Rappal, in Thrissur district, then in the Kingdom of Cochin and now in the South Indian state of Kerala on 22 September 1911.

[1] He subsequently joined the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a research student under the physics Nobel laureate Sir C. V.

[1] He is known to have been active during his retirement life in Bengaluru, involved with the compilation of research publications on Raman Effect and publishing a number of articles.

[8] He is credited with researches on Second Order Raman Spectra in diamond and in alkali halide crystals and is reported to have successfully recorded the phenomena for the first time, using the ultraviolet (mercury 2536 Å) technique of excitation for Raman spectroscopy, a technique he developed, on which he published a number of articles in peer reviewed journals.

[3] He was the author of a monograph, two volumes of 'Source Book on Raman Effect' and contributed chapters to several scientific texts,[3] besides delivering several orations.

[citation needed] Krishnan was a member of the council of the Indian Academy of Sciences from 1949 to 1955 and was its treasurer for a short period in 1955.

[11] He was also a member of the London Institute of Science, and the American Physical Society and was associated with several universities in Europe and the US, as a visiting professor.