SIR C. V. RAMAN: AN INSPIRATION FOR INDIAN YOUNG MINDS Anand S. Burange, Wilson College, Mumbai asgburange@gmail.com In 19 th century when India was ruled by Englishmen; that time for any Indian to do career in research was quite impossible because at all the research institutes in India were under British supervision and all the faculties appointed were British. Though, J. Tata established Research Institute in Bangalore, it took no time to British to take control over its management. In British-raj of India, there was one scientist who wanted India to grow in Science and who was keen to learn physics, known for his discovery of Raman Effect, none other than Sir C. V. Raman. Journey of small child Raman to Sir C. V. Raman is very inspiring and one must read his biography at least once in a life. Raman was born to R. Chandrasekar Iyer (Father) and Parvathi Ammal (mother) on 8 th November 1888 in village Tiruvanaikkaval near Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu. Raman’s father