Answering a question by a student as to who was his role model, Professor Rao named Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose and said, “Bose should have been the first Indian to be awarded the Nobel Prize as in 1897, (Guglielmo) Marconi sent the first wireless communication over sea.
But Bose did it two years ahead of him. There are records to prove this.
“Instead of showing excitement there was benign ignorance.
His missing out on the prestigious award is an important lesson for India,” he said, recalling that when Bose was 80 years old he had expressed concern over India not contributing its bit to the research world.
