Ramanna obtained his bachelors in Physics at Madras University and PhD from King’s College, London. He joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and later the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to work on nuclear physics. Ramanna worked under Homi Jehangir Bhabha, whom he had met earlier in 1944. He joined the nuclear program in 1964, and later became the director of this program in 1967. Ramanna expanded and supervised scientific research on nuclear weapons and was in charge of the team of scientists at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) that designed and carried out the testing of the first nuclear device in 1974. Ramanna was associated with India’s nuclear program for more than four decades, and also facilitated research for the Indian Armed Forces.

For his explicit mention of the relativity of motion, he also qualifies as a major early physicist.^[8]

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (born 20 August 1946) is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is one of the seven co-founders of Infosys,^[5] and has previously served as the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief mentor^[6] of the company before retiring and taking the title chairman emeritus.^[7][8][9] As of April 2023, his net worth was estimated to be $4.1 billion, making him the 711th richest person in the world according to Forbes.^[10]

A precocious child, Rao completed BSc from Mysore University at age seventeen, and MSc from Banaras Hindu University at age nineteen. He earned a PhD from Purdue University at the age of twenty-four. He was the youngest lecturer when he joined the Indian Institute of Science in 1959.^[9] After a transfer to Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, he returned to IISc, eventually becoming its Director from 1984 to 1994. He was chair of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India from 1985 to 1989 and from 2005 to 2014. He founded and works in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and International Centre for Materials Science.