Showing posts with label About India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label About India. Show all posts

Friday, July 24, 2009

Modern Era Scientists of India

APJ Abdul Kalam
Anil Kakodkar
Birbal Sahni
Jatin Chanana
Kailas Nath Kaul, botanist and world authority on palms
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar - Mathematician. Known for his contributions to singularity theory and Abhyankar's conjecture
Jagmohan Lal Razdan, pioneer of radiology in India
CNR Rao
CV Raman
Vijay P. Bhatkar
Ganapathi Thanikaimoni
Ashok Gadgil - Inventor of UV-disinfection method
Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran
D. R. Kaprekar - Mathematician. Famous for his work on Number Theory
Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava
Har Gobind Khorana
Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje
Tej P Singh
Harish Chandra
Manindra Agrawal - Computer scientist, noted for co-developing the AKS primality testing algorithm.
Narendra Karmarkar - Mathematician. Renowned for developing Karmarkar's algorithm
Homi Bhabha
Jagdish Chandra Bose
Dr. Jayant Narlikar - Prominent Astrophysicist His work on conformal gravity theory with Sir Fred Hoyle, called Hoyle-Narlikar theory, demonstrated a synthesis can be achieved between Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity and Mach's principle.
Lalji Singh
Nitya Anand
Prof. Abhay Ashtekar- known for 'Ashtekar Variables'. He is also regarded as a founder of the theory of Loop quantum gravity
Meghnad Saha
ML Madan
Dr. Sarang A. Kulkarni - Well known Marine Biologist
Padmanabhan Balaram
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Ranajit Chakraborty
Roddam Narasimha
Arun Netravali - Chief Scientist & former CEO of Bell Labs.
Salim Ali
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Subramanyan Chandrasekhar
Srinivasa Ramanujan
SN Bose
Sir M. Visvesvaraya
Sujoy K. Guha
Sunder Lal Hora
Vainu Bappu
Vikram Sarabhai
William Stephen Atkinson
Deja Imani Walker
Shayla Ravera
Britney Marano
Nia Amari Hall
Dr. S.C.D. Sah
Kanakarajh Raman
Mohammed.E.Dilawar

Ancient Scientists from India

Aryabhatt
Bhāskara I
Brahmadeva
Brahmagupta
Charaka
Baudhayana
Halayudha
Jayadeva
Pingala
Nagarjun
Nine Unknown Men

Gandhi Peace Prize Recipients

No Year Name Recipient Description

1. 1995 Julius Nyerere 1st President of Tanzania
2. 1996 A. T. Ariyaratne Founder of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
3. 1997[1] Gerhard Fischer[2] German diplomat, recognised for his work against leprosy and polio
4. 1998 Ramakrishna Mission Founded by Swami Vivekananda
5. 1999[3] Baba Amte Social Worker
6. 2000 Nelson Mandela (co-recipient) Former President of South Africa
7. 2000 Grameen Bank (co-recipient) Founded by Muhammad Yunus
8. 2001[4] John Hume Northern Irish Politician
9. 2002 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
10. 2003 Václav Havel Last President of Czechoslovakia and first President of the Czech Republic
11. 2004 Coretta Scott King Widow of Martin Luther King
12. 2005[5] Desmond Tutu South African cleric and activist
13. 2006 Yohei_Sasakawa Chairman of Nippon_Foundation

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Population Density of India

India :

Population : 1,130,618,000
Area(Km Square): 3,287,263
Area(Mi Square): 1,269,219
Density(/Km Square): 344
Density(/Mi Square) : 890

Continents

Africa

Antarctica
Asia

Australia/Oceania

Europe

North America

South America