<P> The Government of India instituted the Raman Chair in 1972 to commemorate the memory of the founder of the Academy . Eminent scientists are invited by the Council of the Academy to occupy the Chair, for periods of between six weeks and six months . </P> <P> The Academy sponsors and conducts two week Refresher Courses for selected teachers from across India . It awards annual Summer Fellowships to some of the brightest and talented teachers and students to work with Academy Fellows on research - oriented projects in various research centres across India including IISc, Bangalore . It conducts Lecture Programmes at schools and universities on appropriate research topics . </P> <P> The list of presidents of the academy . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Tenure </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> C.V. Raman </Td> <Td> 1934--1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> T.S. Sadasivan </Td> <Td> 1971--1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> M.G.K. Menon </Td> <Td> 1974--1976 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Satish Dhawan </Td> <Td> 1977--1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Srinivasan Varadarajan </Td> <Td> 1980--1982 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> S. Ramaseshan </Td> <Td> 1983--1985 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Obaid Siddiqi </Td> <Td> 1986--1988 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> C.N.R. Rao </Td> <Td> 1989--1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roddam Narasimha </Td> <Td> 1992--1994 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Palle Rama Rao </Td> <Td> 1995--1997 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Narendra Kumar </Td> <Td> 1998--2000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan </Td> <Td> 2001--2003 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> T.V. Ramakrishnan </Td> <Td> 2004--2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dorairajan Balasubramanian </Td> <Td> 2007--2009 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ajay K. Sood </Td> <Td> 2010--2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dipankar Chatterji </Td> <Td> 2013--2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ramakrishna Ramaswamy </Td> <Td> 2016 - till date </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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