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MODERN INDIA Chandrasekhara Venkata iaman RR. Pisharoty PUBLICATIONS DIVISION BUILDERS OF MODERN INDIA C.V. RAMAN P.R. PISHAROTY PUBLICATIONS DIVISION MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA First Edition : 1982 (Saka 1904) Second Reprint: 2015 (Saka 1937) ISBN-978-81-230-2Q00-6 © Publications Division BMI-ENG-REP-007-2015-16 Price : ? 80.00 Published by Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in Editor : Roma Chatterjee Cover Design : Gajanan P. Dhope Sales Centres : • Soochna Bhavan, C.GO. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 • Hall No. 196, Old Secretariat, Delhi-110054 • 701, B-Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Belapur, Navi Mumbai-400614 • 8, Esplanade East, Kolkata-700069 • 'A' Wing, Rajaji Bhawan, Besant Nagar, Chennai- 600090 • Press Road, Near Govt. Press, Thiruvananthapuram-695001 • Block 4, 1st Floor, Gruhakalpa Complex, M.G Road, Nampally Hyderabad- 500001 • 1st Floor, ‘F’ Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala, Bengaluru- 560034 • Bihar State Co-operative Bank Building, Ashoka Rajpath, Patna- 800004 • Hall No. 1, 2nd Floor, Kendriya Bhawan, Sector H, Aliganj, Lucknow-226024 • Ambica Complex, 1st Floor, Paldi, Ahmedabad-3 80007 • House No. 7, New Colony, Cheni Kuthi, KKB Road Guwahati-781003. Typesetter : Quick Prints, Naraina, New Delhi-110 028. Printed at : JK Offset Graphics P. Ltd., B-278, O.I.A., Ph-I, ND-20 he objective of the series is to record, for the present and future generations, the story of the struggles and achievements of the eminent sons and daughters of India who were instrumental in our national renaissance and attainment of independence. Except in a few cases, such authoritative biographies are not available. The series is planned as handy volumes written by knowledgeable people, giving a brief account, in simple words, of the life, time and activities of these eminent leaders. The volumes do not intend either to be comprehensive studies or to replace the more elaborate biographies. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Public.Resource.org https://archive.org/details/cvramanOOpish R. Pisharoty was Professor Emeritius at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. He was a student of Professor C. V. Raman, who once recorded: “I would include Mr. Pisharoty in a short list of the ablest men who ever worked with me.” After serving as a Lecturer in Loyola College, Madras for about a decade, he became, an Officer of the India Meteorological Department in 1942. He obtained his Doctorate in Meteorology from the University of California in 1954. After superannuation in 1967, he joined the Physical Research Laboratory, as a Professor. He has held important positions like the Director, Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Director, Remote Sensing and Meteorology Division of the Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad. Dr. Pisharoty, Padamshree served on several International Scientific Bodies with more than a hundred scientific papers to his credit.