Satyendra Nath Bose was a eminent scientist know for his work in Quantum mechanics, he rose to prominence during the 1920s for his work on quantum mechanics and went on to work with the renowned German physicist, Albert Einstein. Apart this he has diversified interests in other fields like physics, mathematics, chemistry, philosophy, arts and music. 

He has given the world the concepts of ‘Boson’, which refers to one of the two classes of particles. Later his work was developed by Albert Einstein which laid the foundation for Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate. He died at the age of 80, on February 4 1974, so here is a hark back to his achievements.  

1. Bose–Einstein statistics: 

The most important achievement of Satyendra is his association with Albert Einstein, while he working on quantum physics and relativity theory, he wrote a paper on deriving Planck's quantum radiation law and sent to Albert Einstein who recognized the importance of the research and translated it into German. This was important for many new discoveries in the field of physics. Bose-Einstein condensate was an outcome of Bose and Einstein's prediction of a state of matter of a dilute gas of bosons. 

2. Awards and Achievements: 

The Government of India bestowed upon him the title of Padma Vibhushan in 1954 for his services towards science and research. 

The S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences was established by the government in Calcutta in 1986. Besides being the adviser for Council of Scientific and Industrial Research he was also the President of Indian Physical Society and the National Institute of Science. 

3. Research:  

Satyendra was made the Head of the Department of Physics, continuing his work in research, he designed the equipment for an X-ray crystallography laboratory. Even after his retirement he continued with his research in nuclear physics. Along with physics, he also researched on organic chemistry, geology, engineering and other sciences.

4. His work as a Professor:  

He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Science at Dhaka University until 1945 and later taught at the University of Calcutta till 1956 where he encouraged the students to design their own equipment.

5. Visva–Parichay: 

Rabindranath Tagore dedicated his only book on science, 'Visva–Parichay,' to Satyendra Nath Bose in 1937.