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University of Bristol. Loyola College.
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Ranjan Roy Daniel
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He also served as an advisor to the prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi in 1976. He worked in the field of cosmic rays, with Homi Jehangir Bhabha for 23 years. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1992 by the Government of India, for his contribution to science and engineering.
Daniel was born on 11 August 1923 in Nagercoil to Master of Arts Daniel Nadar and Theresa Chellammal Daniel and was the third of five siblings.
He received his early and secondary education at Scott Christian Higher Secondary School in his hometown, Nagercoil. After completing secondary school in 1939 from Scott Christian College, he went on to pursue a Bachelor of Science in physics from Loyola College, Chennai the University of Madras.
He joined Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) in 1947 as a scientist From there he was sponsored by the Indian government to carry out research studies in the United Kingdom at the University of Bristol in 1951.
T He carried out research in the H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, headed by the Nobel laureate C. F. Powell, using nuclear emulsions exposed to cosmic rays at high altitudes.
He completed his Doctor of Philosophy research under Donald Hill Perkins in April 1953. He went on to Tata Institute of Fundamental Research throughout till his retirement in 1988.
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Under the influence of the Indian Nobel laureate Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman he was advised to pursue the next phase of his of education at Banaras Hindu University from where he received by Master of Science (Physics) degree in 1946. He was made a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées) in 1975, and was awarded the Vainu Bappu Award, 1992.
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