Physicist, inventor, pioneer and visionary, Jagadish Chandra Bose was the first modern scientist of India. In the late nineteenth century it was hard to believe that an Indian could become a scientist. Working in primitive conditions, without any financial help and constantly battling the skepticism of the scientific establishment, Jagadish Chandra Bose invented the first instruments of wireless telegraphy – the technology that is the basis for all communication today. He astonished European scientists with his inventions and travelled across the world winning laurels for his achievements. He also engaged in the exploration of physics and biology, a field that is known today is biophysics, seeking the basic unity of life. The renowned Bose Institute in Calcutta, a temple of scientific research, was set up by him.