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Elon Musk

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Elon Musk co-founded and leads Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company. As the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon leads all product design, engineering and global manufacturing of the company's electric vehicles, battery products and solar energy products. Since the company’s inception in 2003, Tesla’s mission has been to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. The first Tesla product, the Roadster sports car, debuted in 2008, followed by the Model S sedan, which was introduced in 2012, and the Model X SUV, which launched in 2015. Model S received Consumer Reports’ Best Overall Car and has been named the Ultimate Car of the Year by Motor Trend, while Model X was the first SUV ever to earn 5-star safety ratings in every category and sub-category in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s tests. In 2017, Tesla began deliveries of Model 3, a mass-market electric vehicle with more than 320 miles of range, and unveiled Tesla Semi, which is designe...

Albert Einstein Biography

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  Albert Einstein Biography Born in Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein is one of the most celebrated scientists of the Twentieth Century. His theories on relativity laid the framework for a new branch of physics, and Einstein’s  E  =  mc 2  on mass-energy equivalence is one of the most famous formulas in the world. In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to theoretical physics and the evolution of Quantum Theory. Einstein is also well known as an original free-thinker, speaking on a range of humanitarian and global issues. After contributing to the theoretical development of nuclear physics and encouraging F.D. Roosevelt to start the Manhattan Project, he later spoke out against the use of nuclear weapons. Born in Germany to Jewish parents, Einstein settled in Switzerland and then, after Hitler’s rise to power, the United States. Einstein was a truly global man and one of the undisputed genius’ of the Twentieth Century. Early life ...

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman | INDIAN GRATE SCIENTIST | BIOGRAPHY

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C handrasekhara Venkata Raman  was born at Tiruchirappalli in Southern India on  November 7th, 1888. His father was a lecturer in mathematics and physics so that from the first he was immersed in an academic atmosphere. He entered Presidency College, Madras, in 1902, and in 1904 passed his B.A. examination, winning the first place and the gold medal in physics; in 1907 he gained his M.A. degree, obtaining the highest distinctions. His earliest researches in optics and acoustics – the two fields of investigation to which he has dedicated his entire career – were carried out while he was a student. Since at that time a scientific career did not appear to present the best possibilities, Raman joined the Indian Finance Department in 1907; though the duties of his office took most of his time, Raman found opportunities for carrying on experimental research in the laboratory of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science at Calcutta (of which he became Honorary...

A.R. Rahman INDIAN COMPOSER (Biography)

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A.R. Rahman , in full  Allah Rakha Rahman , original name  A.S. Dileep Kumar , (born January 6, 1966, Madras [now Chennai], India), Indian composer whose extensive body of work for film and stage earned him the nickname “the Mozart of Madras.” Rahman’s father, R.K. Sekhar, was a prominent Tamil musician who composed scores for the Malayalam film industry, and Rahman began studying piano at age four. The boy’s interests lay in electronics and computers, and his father’s serendipitous purchase of a synthesizer allowed him to pursue his passion and to learn to love music at the same time. Sekhar died when Rahman was 9 years old, and by age 11 he was playing piano professionally to help support his family. He dropped out of school, but his professional experience led to a scholarship to study at Trinity College, Oxford, where he received a degree in Western classical music. In 1988 his family ...

REPUBLIC DAY---26TH JANUARY 2019

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About Republic Day India gained its independence on 15 August 1947, after which the process of preparing a constitution was started. The Constitution was passed on 26 November 1949 in the Constituent Assembly. It was adopted on 26 January 1950 with a democratic government system. 26 January was selected, because it was this day in 1930 when the Declaration of Indian Independence was passed. [1]  India achieved independence from British rule on 15 August 1947 following the Indian independence movement noted for largely peaceful nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress. The independence came through the Indian Independence Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo 6 c. 30), an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned British India into the two new independent Dominions of the British Commonwealth (later Commonwealth of Nations): India and Pakistan. India obtained its independence on 15 August 19...

Rakesh Sharma – First Indian in Space

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Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to travel in Space. He was born on 13th January 1949 in Punjab, India. He flew to the Salyut 7 Space Station. Biography Rakesh Sharma was born on 13th January 1949 in Punjab, India. Rakesh completed his early education at St. Goerge’s Grammer School, Hyderabad, India. Later In 1966, Rakesh joined as an Air Force Cadet in NDA. In 1970, Rakesh was appointed as Pilot Officer in the Indian Air Force. Born On: January 13th, 1949 Born In: Patiala in India Career: Test Pilot and Cosmonaut Timeline 1949: Rakesh Sharma was born in Patalia into a Punjabi family. 1966: He joined the National Defense Academy as an Air Force trainee. 1970: Appointed as a test pilot by Indian Air Force. 1971: Rakesh Sharma flew the Mikoyan-Gurevich, a Russian jet. 1984: He was a part of a space mission owing to which he became the first man to travel to space. 2006: He took part in a space conference held by ISRO. India sent its first astronaut, Rakesh Sharma, ...

A.P.J Abdul Kalam (Biography)

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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , in full  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam , (born October 15, 1931, Rameswaram , India—died July 27, 2015, Shillong), Indian scientist and politician who played a leading role in the development of India's  missile and   nuclear weapons  programs. He was president  of India from 2002 to 2007.         Kalam earned a degree in   aeronautical engineering   from the Madras Institute of Technology and in 1958 joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). He soon moved to the   Indian Space Research Organisation , where he was project director of the   SLV-III , India’s first indigenously designed and produced satellite   launch vehicle . Rejoining DRDO in 1982, Kalam planned the program that produced a number of successful missiles, which helped earned him the nickname “Missile Man.” From 1992 to 1997 Kalam was scientific adviser to the defense minister, and he later serv...