Nanasaheb Ramji Tawde, Indian spectroscopist (Taluq Malvan, Maharastra 15 January 1898 – 25 December 1984)

DISCOVERIES/IMPROVEMENTS

Discovered the electronic structure of many molecules

New Green band system of N, and conditions of excitation. Nature 157:136, 1946

With H.A. Umvala. Direct method of measuring relative spectral intensities: its technique and use in line and band spectra. J. Univ. Bombay 16:79-96, 1948

Improved the accuracy of sessile drop method

With K.G. Parvatikar. Performance of sessile drops in surface tension  measurements. Indian J. Physics. 25(10):473-80, 1951

With K.G. Parvatikar. A table for the calculation of surface tension from measurements of sessile drops.

With A.P. Walvekar. Estimation of (∆r^e)of an electronic band system, a new method. Indian J. Phys. 34(9):397-401, 1960

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

Intensity distributions in molecular spectra: N₂ second positive system. Proc. Phys. Soc. 46:324-32, 1934

Quelques aspects des grandes intensités dans les bandes electroniques. Systeme C’ (Swan) et N’ (second groupe positif). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 2:67-81, 1935

With D.D. Desai. Role de l’argon dans la production des bandes de Swan. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 6:266-80, 1937

With J.M. Patel. The study of the oxy-coal-gas flame by band spectra. Curr. Sci. 6:155-6, 1937

Intensités dans les bandes du systeme violet du cyanogène. J. Phys. Radium 277, 1937

With K. Gopalkrishnan. The role of intensity frequency and amount of irradiation in Joshi effect. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. A 29:171-88, 1949.

With A.G. Husain. Study of the excitation of a band system from a metal and its oxide. J. Univ. Bombay 17:12-22, 1949

With K.G. Parvatikar. Unstable pendant drops in relation to drop weight method of surface tension. Curr. Sci. 19:147-8, 1950

With B.S. Patil & M.I. Savadatti. Correspondence in analytical treatment of vibrational transition probabilities of diatomic molecules. Bull. Soc. R. Sci. Liege 28(5-6):150-4, 1950

With A. McKollar. Calculated transition probabilities for the C₂ Swan bands. Astr. Phys. Journal 113:440, 1951

With B.B. Laud. Spectroscopic study of some alcohol flames. Flame temperatures and their influence on the intensity changes in various bands. 6^th Symposium on Combustion, p.143-9, Yale University, 1956

With Sreedhara Murthy. A note on the validity of the revised rotational structure constants of green yellow-system of VO bands. Indian J. Phys. 31:391, 1957

With P.V. Chandratreya. Experimental study of transition probabilities in astral radicals: LaO (B→X) system. Curr. Sci. 30:137, 1961  

With B.G. Iyotti & M.I. Savadatti. Intensity measurements in molecular bands. Indian J. Phys. 35(6):307-10, 1961

With B.B. Laud. Spectral intensity distribution and the equilibrium of flame gases. Indian J. Pure appl. Physics 1:90-3, 1963

With M.I. Savadatti. Spectral study of combustion in methyl-alcohol-air flames. Indian J. Pure Appl. Physics 1(3):94-97, 1963

With K.S.R. Rao. Studies of high-frequency discharge in nitrogen and associated active nitrogen phenomena. Proc. Phys. Soc. 734, 1963

HONORS

Tawdiella Deshpande & Deshpande 1966 (Fungi)