Friday, 2 August 2013

The List of Indians awarded Noble Prize

The six Indians have been awarded Nobel Prize in various fields. They are- 

1) Rabindranath Tagore is the popular poet and writer, who was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his a collection of his poems “Geetanjali”. 

2)
 Chandra Shekar Venkata Raman / Sir C.V.Raman is a Scientist, who was awarded Nobel Prize of Physics in 1930 for his “Raman Effect” related to light. 

3)
 Dr. Hargobind Khorana, who is Doctorate in chemistry was awarded Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968 for his study of the Human Genetic Code and its role in Protein Synthesis. 

4) 
Mother Teresa is a Yogoslavian who became an Indian citizen was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979 for her service through her Charitable Mission “Nirmal Hriday” at Calcutta. 

5) 
Dr.Subramanian Chandrashekar is an Astro-Physicist, who was awarded Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 for his theory on white dwarf stars’ limitation known as “Chandrasekhar Limit”. 

6) 
Dr.Amatya Sen is the Professor in Economics, who was awarded Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998 for his work in Economics.


By Akshaya Sahoo, Odishabook.com

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