Ravi John Matthai was born in 1927. He was the son of John Matthai, then an academician with University of Madras. Later John Matthai became the first Railway Minister and subsequently Finance Minister of independent India in Jawaharlal [...]

Kiran Karnik was born in 1947 in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He completed his BSc(Hons) in Physics from Bombay University and a graduated from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1968 from its flagship programme - Post Grad [...]

One of India's most admired scientists, Vikram Sarabhai was born on August 12, 1919. Son of Sheth Ambalal Sarabhai and Sarla Devi, he came from the famous Sarabhai family of Ahmedabad, who were progressive industrialists committed to the [...]

Born Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad on 8th of August 1941 in a Tamil family. His father was a Tamil scholar and judge in British Madras (now Chennai). He completed his BSc degree in physics from Loyola College, part of University of Madras at [...]