Timothy J. Pedley

'To strive for knowledge is to struggle for freedom; for, ignorance is the worst slavery' quoted C. V. Raman. To cherish his spirit of scientific enquiry and to commemorate his memory, the Raman Chair was instituted in 1972 by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Eminent scientists are invited every year by the Council of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru to occupy the Chair, for a period of six weeks to six months.