births
February 21, 1894
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic (died 1955)
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhatnagar is revered as the Father of Research Laboratories in India. He was also the first Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).