National Science Day 2024: Why is it celebrated on February 28? History, theme and significance

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scientific community who work in exploring more and more ways by which science can be implemented to make our lives simpler and easier. The impact of Indian scientific breakthroughs is significantly enhancing the 'Ease of Living' for the common man which has been proved by developing indigenous COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic. The National Science Day is celebrated every year on February 28.

This year this special day falls on Wednesday. The National Science Day is observed on the day when Indian Physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (C.V. Raman) announced the discovery of the “Raman Effect" in 1928, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930.

He was the first Indian to receive this prestigious award in the field of science. The Raman Effect is the phenomenon when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength. The history of National Science Day can be traced back to 1986 when the Indian government accepted the proposal of the National Council for Science and Technology Communication and designated 28 February as National Science Day to commemorate the discovery of the “Raman Effect".