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Janaki Ammal
Indian botanist (1897-1984)
E. C. George Sudarshan
Indian physicist (1931–2018)
Anna Mani
Indian meteorologist
Tessy Thomas
Indian scientist
Nambi Narayanan
Indian aerospace scientist (born 1941)
G. N. Ramachandran
Indian scientist (1922-2001)
Koppillil Radhakrishnan
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation
Kavalam Madhava Panikkar
Indian author and diplomat (1895-1963)
Yamuna Krishnan
Indian-American Scientist and professor
Annapurni Subramaniam
Indian scientist
T.A. Sarasvati Amma
Indian mathematician (1918-2000)
Vainu Bappu
Indian astronomer (1927-1982)
Lalitha Lenin
Indian poet and academic
Nalini Ambady
American social psychologist of Indian descent
Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri
Indian mathematician
Sathyabhama Das Biju
Indian amphibian biologist and wildlife conservationist
KK Muhammed
Indian archaeologist
K. R. Ramanathan
Indian physicist
Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis
Indian Chemist
Vijaya Melnick
India-born American academic
Kris Gopalakrishnan
Padmasree awarded 2011
K. N. Raj
Indian economist (1924-2010)
Subbaramiah Minakshisundaram
Indian mathematician (1913–1968)
M. Subhadra Nair
Indian gynecologist
Govindasvāmi
Govindasvāmi (or Govindasvāmin, Govindaswami) (c. 800 – c. 860) was an Indian mathematical astronomer most famous for his Bhashya, a commentary on the Mahābhāskarīya of Bhāskara I, written around 830. The commentary contains many examples illustrating the use of a Sanskrit place-value system and the construction of a sine table.
Padmanabhan Palpu
Indian bacteriologist
Śaṅkaranārāyaṇa
Sankaranarayana (c. 840 – c. 900) was an Indian astronomer-mathematician in the court of Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara (c. 844 – c. 870) of the early medieval Chera kingdom in Kerala. He is celebrated as the author of Laghubhaskariyavivarana or Laghubhaskariyavyakha, a detailed commentary on astronomical treatise Laghubhaskariya by 7th century mathematician Bhaskara I (which in turn was based on the works of the 5th century polymath Aryabhata).
Haridatta
Haridatta (c. 683 CE) was an astronomer-mathematician of Kerala, India, who is believed to be the promulgator of the Parahita system of astronomical computations. This system of computations is widely popular in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. According to legends, Haridatta promulgated the Parahita system on the occasion of the Mamankam held in the year 683 CE. Mamankam was a 12-yearly festival held in Thirunnavaya on the banks of the Bharathapuzha river.
M. P. Parameswaran
Indian physicist
Valiya Hamza
Indian geophysicist
Jose Chacko Periappuram
Indian cardiac surgeon and medical writer
Thalappil Pradeep
Indian scientist
V. R. Lalithambika
Indian engineer
K. K. Neelakantan
Indian ornithologist
Palliyara Sreedharan
Indian writer
Joseph Pallithanam
Indian botanist (1915-1984)
Kadammanitta Vasudevan Pillai
Indian artist