National Science Day Quotes

Marking February 28, 1928 — the discovery of the Raman Effect.

National Science Day is observed on February 28 to mark the day in 1928 when physicist C.V. Raman discovered that light changes wavelength when scattered by a transparent medium, a finding now known as the Raman Effect. The discovery won him the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics, making him Asia's first science Nobel laureate. Read our Quotes written for the occasion.

The Indian government designated February 28 as National Science Day in 1986 at the request of the National Council for Science and Technology Communication, and schools and institutions across the country now mark it with exhibitions, talks and science-themed events.