october 15, 2024

Indians who have won the Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize is considered to be the highest academic honour, signifying the laureate's contribution to the world. Here is a list of Indians who have won the Nobel Prize.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1913
For of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, which has made his poetic thought a part of Western literature

Rabindranath Tagore

Nobel Prize in Physics 1930
For his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him (Raman Effect)

CV Raman

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968
For his interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis

Har Gobind Khorana

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Nobel Peace Prize 1979
For her work for bringing help to suffering humanity

Mother Teresa

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Nobel Prize in Physics 1983
For his theoretical studies of the physical processes that affect the structure and evolution of the stars

Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar

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Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1998
For his contributions to welfare economics

Amartya Sen

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
For his studies of the structure and function of the ribosome

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

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Nobel Peace Prize 2014
For his studies of the structure and function of the ribosome

Kailash Satyarthi

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Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2019
For his experimental approach to alleviating global poverty

Abhijit Banerjee

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