Jagadish Chandra Bose

Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was a polymath with interests in biology, physics and writing science fiction, who lived from 1858 to 1937. He was a pioneer in the investigation of radio and microwave optics, made significant contributions to botany, and was a major force behind the expansion of experimental science on the Indian subcontinent. He is considered the father of Bengali science fiction, and a crater on the Moon was named in his honour. He founded the Bose Institute, a premier research institute in India and also one of its oldest.