Meghnad Saha was a renowned Indian astrophysicist who made significant contributions to the field of astrophysics. He is often referred to as the father of modern Indian astronomy.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his work on the theory of black holes.

Kamala Sohonie was an Indian astronomer who became the first Indian woman to receive a doctorate in astronomy in 1949.

Jayant Narlikar is an Indian astrophysicist and cosmologist who has made significant contributions to the study of the origin and evolution of the universe.

M. K. Vainu Bappu was an Indian astronomer who founded the Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi in 1959.

Govind Swarup was an Indian radio astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of pulsars.

C. V. Raman was an Indian physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work on the scattering of light.

Homi J. Bhabha was an Indian nuclear physicist who made significant contributions to the study of cosmic rays.

Vikram Sarabhai was an Indian physicist and astronomer who founded the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 1969.

U. R. Rao was an Indian space scientist who made significant contributions to the study of the solar system.

Govind Swarup was an Indian radio astronomer who founded the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune in 1991.

Jayant Narlikar is an Indian astrophysicist and cosmologist who has made significant contributions to the study of black holes.

M. K. Vainu Bappu was an Indian astronomer who founded the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in Bangalore in 1971.

T. P. Prabhu is an Indian astrophysicist who has made significant contributions to the study of the interstellar medium.

Jayant Narlikar is an Indian astrophysicist and cosmologist who founded the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital in 1991.