CONTRIBUTION OF THE SCIENTISTS #5 BOSE

J. C. BOSE



After completing his degree, Bose returned to India and took a position as a professor of physics at Presidency College in Calcutta. Although he taught classes at the college, there were no adequate research laboratories there, so he was forced to fund his own research and perform experiments in his home. In addition, because he was Indian, his salary was much less than that of the other, primarily British, professors. When he discovered this, he refused to take any more money and worked for free for three years.

Although this made for a difficult few years for Bose, things would get better. Eventually, the college decided to pay him the full salary for the three years he had worked for free and to continue paying him at the same rate as the other professors.

Despite the difficulties he faced, Bose persevered and continued working. During the early years of his career, his research focused primarily on improving radio technology, specifically on the transmission of wireless signals using microwaves

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