Group Photo of Delhi University conference delegates. India President Rajendra Prasad (center, front row). To his right is Sir Alladi. Both received honorary doctorates in November, 1951.
Sir Alladi's speech for the Convocation of Delhi University when he received an Honorary Doctorate for his role in drafting the Constitution of India
(1951)
Alladi Ramakrishnan's proposal to create the Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences
In 1971, at a meeting of the the newly formed Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), at the invitation of Dr. Malcolm Adiseshiah, Director of MIDS, Alladi Ramakrishnan, as the Director of MATSCIENCE, proposed the creation of a Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences. Following the suggestion of Prof. Ramakrishnan, the Academy was formed a few years later with Dr. Adiseshiah serving as its First President and Alladi Ramakrishnan as its First Secretary. Subsequently, Alladi Ramakrishnan served as the President of the Academy.
After the Proceedings of the Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences was launched, Alladi Ramakrishnan published his proposal of 1971 in an issue of the Proceedings in 1980. The published version of the proposal is reproduced here. The Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences is now called the Academy of Sciences, Chennai.