List of Indians who won Noble Prize

1. Rabindranath Tagore-1913





The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West".



2. Sir C.V.Raman (Chandra Shekar Venkata Raman)-1930




The Nobel Prize in Physics 1930 was awarded to Sir Venkata Raman "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him".

















3. Dr. Hargobind Khorana-1968

Dr. Hargobind Khorana, an  India’s 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-1979 


Mother Teresa is a Yogoslavian nun who became an Indian citizen. She was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979,  for her service through her Charitable Mission “Nirmal Hriday” at Calcutta to people suffering from Leprosy and to those people dying in destitute.










5. Dr.Subramanian Chandrashekar-1983




Dr.Subramanian Chandrashekar
, an Indian Astro-Physicist was awarded Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 for his theory on white dwarf stars’ limitation known as ‘Chandrasekhar Limit’. Dr.Subramaniyan is the son of the elder brother of the 'Nobel Prize Winner'-Sir C.V.Raman.



 

 



6. Dr.Amatya Sen-1998

Dr.Amatya Sen, an Indian Professor in Economics was awarded Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998 for his work in Economic Theory related to Poverty, Democracy, Development and Social Welfare.

 


 

 

7. Dr.Venkataraman Ramakrishnan-2009


Dr.Venkataraman Ramakrishnan, an Indo-American has shared Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2009, along with a co-American Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath of Israel for mapping ribosomes, the protein procucing factories within cells at the atomic level.



8.  Mr. Kailash Satyarthi -2014

Mr.Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian Children's rights activist had been awarded the "Nobel Prize For Peace" for the year 2014, jointly with Ms.Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan (17 years old Children's rights activist of Pakistan)  for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.