Text of Talk Delivered at the Centenary Celebrations of the Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, on 7–8 January 2016: ‘Meghnad Saha: A Visionary on Mission’ 1893–1956
| Published date | 01 September 2023 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/00195561231177002 |
| Author | J. N. Sinha |
| Date | 01 September 2023 |
| Subject Matter | Document |
Text of Talk Delivered
at the Centenary
Celebrations of the
Department of Physics,
University of Calcutta,
Kolkata, on 7–8 January
2016: ‘Meghnad Saha:
A Visionary on Mission’
1893–1956
J. N. Sinha1
Introduction
It is a momentous occasion to be a part of the Centenary Celebrations of the
Department of Physics of the University of Calcutta. In spite of its genesis in
colonial initiative, this university made signicant contributions to the national
awakening and our freedom movement. This department in particular was a
leading contributor also to the Golden Period of Science in India. Once its faculty,
Sir C.V. Raman, became a Nobel Laureate and some others also achieved interna-
tional standing. M.N. Saha was probably the most important of them. On this
August occasion, he deserves to be remembered for every good reason. He was
a polymath in India’s holistic tradition and enlightened at the same time by the
new knowledge, ideas and modern science of the world. He became a Fellow of
the Royal Society (London) at the age of 34 and was honoured by many other
organisations globally. The depth, originality and range of his contributions estab-
lished him as a foremost scientist of the world. He pioneered many branches of
science that inuenced life in the years to come. He was a visionary with great
ideas of interaction between science and society, for his own country and for the
entire humanity. Above all, he was a scientist with social commitment, a leader
with intellectual prowess, will and capacity to realise his dreams.
Document
1 Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Corresponding author:
J. N. Sinha, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, New Delhi 110015, India.
E-mail: jnsinha@rediffmail.com
Indian Journal of Public
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