Indian family, several of whom are notable in physics
Chandrasekhar family
Current region
South India
Place of origin
Tamil Nadu, India
Members
C. V. Raman
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Venkatraman Radhakrishnan
Sivaramakrishna Ramaseshan
Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar
Sivaramakrishna Pancharatnam
V. Shanta
Chidambara Chandrasekaran
Vidya Shankar
Distinctions
physics
crystallography
meteorology
astronomy
literature
mathematics
demography
biostatistics
medicine
musicology
The Chandrasekhar family is a distinguished Indian intellectual family, several of whose members achieved eminence, notably in the field of physics. Two members of the family, Sir C. V. Raman and his nephew, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, were Nobel laureates in physics.
For many members of the Chandrasekhar family there are multiple possible spellings in use for names. This includes R. Chandrasekhara Iyer; he was named Chandrasekharan (with an "n") but later became known as Chandrasekhara Aiyar (without the "n").[1] Furthermore, the family name "Aiyar" is sometimes spelled "Iyer" or "Ayyar".
^Parameswaran, p. 5. "At the time of Raman's birth, Chandrasekharan, or Chandrasekhara Aiyar as he became to be known, [...]"
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