National Science Day is being observed
today to mark the
discovery of the Raman effect by Indian
physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28th February in 1928.
For
his discovery, Raman was awarded the Nobel
Prize in Physics in 1930. The day is
celebrated every year to widely spread a message about the significance of
scientific applications in the daily life of the people. The theme of the year 2014 is “Fostering Scientific Temper and Energy
conservation"
In 1986, the National Council for Science and
Technology Communication, NCSTC asked
the Government of India to designate 28th
February as National Science Day. The
event is now celebrated all over the country in schools, colleges, universities
and other academic, scientific, technical, medical and research institutions.