Indian Scientist

             P.C. Mahalanobis   A well-known Indian statistician and scientist, Mahalanobis is greatly popular for introducing new methods of sampling. His most significant contribution in the field of statistics was the 'Mahalanobis Distance'. Besides, he had also made pioneering studies in the field of anthropometry and had founded the Indian Statistical Institute.  Originally, the family of Mahalanobis belonged to Bikrampur, Bangladesh. As a child. Mahalanobis grew up in an environment surrounded by socially active refoemers and intellectuals. He had his initial education from Brahmo Boys School Calcutta. Further, he enrolled himself into Presidency College and got a BSc degree with specialisation in physics. In 1913, Mahalanobis left for England for ther stodies and came in contact with S. Ramanujan, the famous mathematician from India. After completion of his studies. he returned

                  Birbal Sahni  The renowned paleobotanist, Birbal Sahni, was born on 14 November 1891 at Shahpur district, now in Pakistan. He was the third son of Ishwari Devi and Lala Ruchi Ram Sahni. He studied at the Government College, Lahore and Punjab University and graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1914. After completion of his education, Birbal Sahni came back to India and worked as professor of botany at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Punjab University for about a year. In 1920, he married Savitri Suri, who took an interest in his work and was a constant companion.  He studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent. He was the founder of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow. Palaeobotany is a subject that requires the knowledge of both botany and geology. Birbal Sahni was the first botanist to study extensively about the flora of Indian Gondwana region. Sahni also e

Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray  Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray was born on 2 August 1861 in Khulna district in present-day Bangladesh. His father Harish Chandra Ray was a land proprietor, Up to the age of nine, Prafulla Chandra studied in a school in his village. In 1870, his family migrated to Calcutta, and Ray and his elder brother were admitted to Hare School. When in the fourth standard, he suffered from a severe attack of dysentery and had to postpone his studies for a couple of years and return to his ancestral home in the village. However, hie utilized this time in reading literature.  A pioneer in chemical research in India, Prafulla Chandra Ray joined the Presidency College as a lecturer in chemistry in 1889 after completing higher- education at the Edinburgh University. With the help of a renowned French chemist,Berthelot, he did commendable research work in Ayurveda. In 1892, he founded Bengal Chemic