Ravi V S
V.S.Ravi is a distinguished and highly decorated IPS officer having served both the Government of AP and the Government of India, for 35 years. He retired in 1998. He is a grandson of the Late Sir Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, one of the Chief Architects of the Constitution of India.
Though a student of Physics, Ravi is one of the foremost authorities on Shakespeare in the country. He has also kept in touch with the latest developments in Science and Technology and has written five highly acclaimed books on Science
Intellect, courage and truth – A tribute to Stephen J. Gould
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Of colour, weight, and heat, pour’d all together,
Would quite confound distinction, yet stand off
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