Bhaskaracharya
(1114 – 1185)
Bhaskaracharya known as Bhaskara, was the famous mathematician and astronomer of ancient India. He was born in the Bijapur district of Karnataka. Bhaskara was the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain, the leading mathematical centre of ancient India. It is believed that Bhaskara learned mathematics from his father Mahesvara, an astrologer. Bhaskara wrote books on astonomy and mathematics. They are: ‘Siddhanta Sironmani’, ‘ Lilavati’, and ‘Bijagnita’. Bhaskara was the first to introduce infinity. The law of gravitation had been propounded by Bhaskara 500 years before it was rediscovered by Newton.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India
CSIR is one of the largest and most diversified publicly funded scientific and industrial research organizations in the world having a network of 37 state-of-the-art laboratories, more than 4500 scientists and 8000 technical support personnel and about 7000 research students. CSIR is repositioning itself to be Council of Scientific and Innovative Research with Corporate Social Indian Responsibility to ensure globally competitive research.
Science News
The Union Government of India has finalized the draft for the National Science Mission. It aims to make India a global leader in solar energy and envisages an installed solar generation capacity of 20,000 MW by 2020, of 100,000 MW by 2030 and of 200,000 MW by 2050.
(1114 – 1185)
Bhaskaracharya known as Bhaskara, was the famous mathematician and astronomer of ancient India. He was born in the Bijapur district of Karnataka. Bhaskara was the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain, the leading mathematical centre of ancient India. It is believed that Bhaskara learned mathematics from his father Mahesvara, an astrologer. Bhaskara wrote books on astonomy and mathematics. They are: ‘Siddhanta Sironmani’, ‘ Lilavati’, and ‘Bijagnita’. Bhaskara was the first to introduce infinity. The law of gravitation had been propounded by Bhaskara 500 years before it was rediscovered by Newton.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India
CSIR is one of the largest and most diversified publicly funded scientific and industrial research organizations in the world having a network of 37 state-of-the-art laboratories, more than 4500 scientists and 8000 technical support personnel and about 7000 research students. CSIR is repositioning itself to be Council of Scientific and Innovative Research with Corporate Social Indian Responsibility to ensure globally competitive research.
Science News
The Union Government of India has finalized the draft for the National Science Mission. It aims to make India a global leader in solar energy and envisages an installed solar generation capacity of 20,000 MW by 2020, of 100,000 MW by 2030 and of 200,000 MW by 2050.
