Professor Emeritus Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas has been named a 2025 Raman Chair by the Indian Academy of Sciences.
The Raman Chair was instituted in 1972 by the Government of India to commemorate the memory of the founder of the Academy, Sir C. V. Raman. Eminent scientists are invited by the Council of the Academy to occupy the Chair, for periods of between six weeks and six months.