Context:
Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has announced the launch of the J. C. Bose Grant (JBG), to recognize contributions of senior Indian scientists.
Jagadish Chandra Bose:
- A biologist, physicist, botanist and an early writer of science fiction.
- Born in – 1858 in Bengal
- 1st person to prove that plants also have the ability to feel pain and affection.
- Investigated of radio microwave optics and considered as the father of radio and wireless communication.
- Considered the father of Bengali science fiction.
- 1st Asian to be awarded a US patent in 1904.
- Invented Cresco graph, used for measuring the growth in trees.
- Founded the Bose Institute, a premier research institute in 1917.
- Literary works – Response in the Living and Non-Living, The Nervous Mechanism of Plants and Niruddesher Kahini (The Story of the Missing One)
- Died in – 1937
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Source: PIB
Previous Year Question
A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the biography of:
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2016 Prelims]
(a) S. Ramanujan
(b) S. Chandrasekhar
(c) S. N. Bose
(d) C. V. Raman
Answer: (a)