Nobal Prize winners - Indians

Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)


Field: Literature


For: Gitanjali (His collection of Poems, English version, published in 1912)


Year: 1913


• He was first Asian to win Nobel Prize


• He wrote our National Anthem (Later translated into English and is known as morning song of India)


• He founded Shanti Niketan, which later became VishwaBharati University


• He also wrote the National Anthem of Bangladesh "Amar Sonar Bangla (My Bengal of gold)".

Sir C.V. Raman (Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman) (1888 - 1970)

Field: Physics


For: "RAMAN" effect (Scattering of Light)


Year: 1930


• He was the first Asian scientist to win the Nobel Prize.


• He also received Bharat Ratna and Lenin Peace Prize.


• He founded Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Dr. Hargobind Khorana (1922 - )

Field: Medicine and Physiology


For: Genetic Study


Year: 1968


• He produced the first artificial gene in his laboratory.


• He shared the Nobel Prize with Marshall Nuremberg and Robert Holley.

Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)

Field: Peace


For: Exemplary Charity and Social Service


Year: 1979


• Born in Skoplje, Yugoslavia (then Turkey)


• Original Name: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu


• Founded Missionaries Of Charity in Calcutta.


• Received Bharat Ratna Award in 1980


• Receive Magsaysay Award in 1962.

Dr. Subramaniam Chandrasekar (1910 - 2000)

Field: Physics


For: his work on stars and their evolution (Chandrasekhar's Limit).


Year: 1983


• The space telescope Chandra launched by NASA was named after him.


• He also served as the Governor of Maharashtra


• He received Bharat Ratna in 1998

Dr. Amartya Sen

Field: Economics


For: Mathematical Solution to "Arrow's Impossibility Theorem"


Year: 1998

There are some more Nobel Laureates who are related to India but are not Indians.

V.S. Naipaul, Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932- )


[British writer of Indian origin]


Field: Literature


Year: 2001

Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940 - )

For: Peace and Environment Conservation


Year: 2007


• He accepted the prize on behalf of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as he was the chairman.


• He shared the award with Al Gore, Vice President of USA

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

[British writer]

For: Literature


Year: 1907


• He wrote novels, poems and short stories


• He is known for his books "The Jungle Book" (1894), "The Second Jungle Book" (1895). Remember "Mowgli" J.