Palit Professor of Physics

The Palit Chair of Physics is a physics professorship in the University of Calcutta, India.[1] The post is named after Sir Taraknath Palit who donated Rs. 1.5 million to the university. The Nobel laureate physicist C. V. Raman was the first to be appointed to the post of Palit Professor of Physics in 1917. At present the holder of the chair is Amitava Raychaudhuri.[2]

List of Taraknath Palit Professors of Physics

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Name Term
C. V. Raman 1917-1932
Debendra Mohan Bose 1932-1938
Meghnad Saha 1938-1953
Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri 1953-1959
Chanchal Kumar Majumdar 1975-1982[3]
Amitava Raychaudhuri




References

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  1. ^ "Prestigious Chairs" Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine University of Calcutta. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  2. ^ "Indian Fellow" Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  3. ^ "INSA :: Deceased Fellow Detail". insaindia.res.in. Retrieved 3 July 2020.