Shanti swaroop bhatnagar biography of martin

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar (1894-1955) was an Indian scientist. He was the Founder Director of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the First Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

He is referred to as “The Father of Research Laboratories in India.”

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Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar was born on Wednesday, 21 February 1894, (age 60 years; at the time of death) in Bhera, Punjab Province, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan).

In 1901, he studied at a private ‘maktab.’ Later, he attended A.V. High School Sikandrabad in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh), where he studied till 1907.

Shanti swaroop bhatnagar biography of martin

After that, he joined Dyal Singh High School in Lahore. After matriculation, he joined Dyal Singh College, Lahore, in 1911. Later, he pursued a B.Sc. degree at the Forman Christian College. He graduated with an M.Sc. in chemistry from Forman Christian C