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Quick facts for kids Diwan Bahadur K. R. Ramanathan FNA, FASc, FIAS, FRMetS
Born	Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan ()28 February Kalpathi, Palakkad, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	31 December () (aged 91)
Nationality	Indian
Awards	Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, The Aryabhata Medal, awarded by Indian National Science Academy,
Scientific career
Fields	Physics and Meteorology
Doctoral advisor	C. V. Raman

Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan (28 February  – 31 December ) was an Indian physicist and meteorologist. He was the first Director of Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. From to , Ramanathan was President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).

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Ramanathan was awarded Padma Bhushan in and Padma Vibhushan in

Early life

Ramanathan was born in Kalpathi, Palakkad to Ramakrishna Sastrigal, an astrologer, printer and Sanskrit scholar. After completing secondary school, he entered the Government Victoria College, Palakkad in In , he received a government scholarship to attend the Presidency College, Madras, where he studied for a B.A.

(Hons.) degree in physics. He received his honours degree in , and an M.A. two years later in After taking his M.A., the principal of the Maharaja's College of Science in Thiruvananthapuram in Travancore (now the University College Thiruvananthapuram), who was one of his examiners, offered him the post of a demonstrator in physics.

At the college, Ramanathan enjoyed the freedom to conduct his own investigations and to hone his laboratory skills.

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He travelled across the kingdom and developed the first rainfall map of Travancore; in conjunction with this study, he published his first research paper: "On Thunderstorms over Trivandrum." In late , Ramanathan moved to Calcutta to collaborate with C. V. Raman, who had accepted him as a doctoral student, on studies of X-ray diffraction in liquids.

For this work, in June he received the first-ever degree awarded by the University of Madras. He joined Rangoon University as assistant professor of physics in late During the university holidays, he continued to carry out post-doctoral research under Raman's guidance, and in observed an unusual "fluorescence" in a beam of light when it was diffracted in water - which Raman eventually concluded was an effect caused by the substance, associated with a change in frequency equal to the molecular vibrational frequency.

India Meteorological Department

In , Ramanathan was appointed as a senior scientist in the India Meteorological Department.

Over the next 20 years, he made numerous observations and conducted studies on the nature of the atmosphere, atmospheric ozone, monsoonal patterns and solar and atmospheric radiation, among other areas. As director of the Colaba and Alibag Magnetic Observatories and subsequently as director of the Kodaikanal Solar Physics Observatory, he had a role in their later conversions to the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.

Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan (28 February – 31 December ) was an Indian physicist and meteorologist. He was the first director of Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. [1] From to , Ramanathan was President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).

Appointed Superintending Meteorologist of the Poona Observatory during the Second World War, he assisted in training meteorological personnel for the Indian Air Force as it rapidly expanded during the wartime years.

Physical Research Laboratory

Having reached the statutory retirement age of 55 in , Ramanathan left the Indian Meteorological Department that year and joined the newly established Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmadabad as its first director.

He established Dobson ozone spectrophotometer stations in India and expanded on his earlier researches into atmospheric ozone; among his major contributions to the field was elucidating the relationship of atmospheric ozone in connection to atmospheric circulation. During his time at the PRL, he and his students made important contributions to studies on the physics of the ionosphere.

Under Ramanathan's directorship, the PRL also played an important role in building the early Indian space programme, notably through testing sounding rockets and helping to develop the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS).

Later life

Ramanathan retired in but continued to serve PRL as Emeritus Professor until his death on New Year's Eve at the age of He guided over 30 research scholars during his scientific career.

Biography of albert einstein Ramanathan is a Foundation-Fellow of the Academy and served eontŸ nuously for fifteen years asa member of its Council, besides being a Vice- President for the triennium

While a student at Presidency College Madras, he married Parvati Ammal, the daughter of a railways official, with whom he had four daughters and two sons. His wife predeceased him in

Honours and awards

• Foundation Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc; )
• Foundation Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA; )
• Title of Diwan Bahadur (British Government, Birthday Honours list)
• Fellow of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (FIAS; )
• International Meteorological Organization Prize of the World Meteorological Organization ().
• Honorary Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (Hon.

  FRMetS; )

• Padma Bhushan ()
• Padma Vibhushan ()
• The Aryabhata Medal, awarded by Indian National Science Academy,

The Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan Medal was established in in honor of him by the Indian National Science Academy.