Named after Alfred Nobel, Nobel Prize is among one of the most prestigious awards in the world. It is given in 7 fields
Here is a list of Indians who have won the esteemed Nobel Prize
In 1913, Tagore became the first non-European to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature for his acclaimed collections of poems Geetanjali
He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930, “for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him”
He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 “for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis”
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 “for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity”
He got the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 “for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars”
“For his contributions to welfare economics”, Amartya Sen received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998
In 2009, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. He shared the award with Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan
They received the award “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”
In 2019, he received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences with two others “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”