Recognition of Ramakrishnan's work by Sir. C. V. Raman (1954)
Ramakrishnan elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1955)
Nobel Laureate Sir. C. V. Raman was a towering figure in the scientific
world and especially in India. He founded the Indian Academy of Sciences.
He believed in holding regular meetings of the Academy in which scientists
would present their latest findings. In many instances, these lectures
at the Academy meetings would be published in the Proceedings of the
Indian Academy of Sciences, of which Sir C.V. was the Editor.
Professor Raman was much impressed with Alladi Ramakrishnan's work
in the theory of probability, and with Ramakrishnan's efforts in training
students in Madras. Raman invited Ramakrishnan to give a talk at the
Meeting of the Academy in Belgaum in December 1954. But he insisted
that Ramakrishnan must present an original new idea there, and not
report on earlier work. Ramakrishnan presented new ideas on inverse
probability. Professor Raman was much impressed and had
this published in the Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences
in 1955 (see paper 21 in the list of Ramakrishnan's publications).
Already in August 1954, Sir. C. V. Raman had sent a letter to Alladi
Ramakrishnan (see attachment) in which he said that he would like
to have Ramakrishnan nominated for election as Fellow of the Indian
Academy of Sciences. After giving his talk on inverse probability
at the Belgium Meeting of the Academy in December 1954, Ramakrishnan
was elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in January 1955
(see letter below).
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