Subrahmanyan chandrasekhar awards shows

The Nobel Prize is the most prestigious award and is a recognition of individuals who make significant contributions to humankind in various fields. It was founded in by the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel, who is most famous for the invention of dynamite. The first such prizes were given in  and since then, hundreds of individuals and a few organisations have attained this distinguished award.

Indians too have made significant contributions and, therefore, have succeeded in getting this honour. Rabindranath Tagore, a renowned Indian poet, was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in  and since then, Indians have been able to win the prize in each of the six categories (including Tagore).

Indian Nobel Laureates List

Five Indians, Rabindranath Tagore, Sir CV Raman, Mother Teresa, Amartya Sen, and Kailash Satyarthi, had Indian citizenship while receiving the award, whereas H. Khorana, S. Chandrasekhar, Venkat Ramakrishnan, and Abhijit Banerjee were Indians by birth but later became non-citizens of India. The individual Indian Nobel laureates are listed below.

Abhijit Banerjee

• Together with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, Abhijit Banerjee was awarded the

  Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, the nephew of the Nobel Prize-winning Indian physicist Sir CV Raman and one of the foremost scientists of the 20th century, was born on October 19, , into a Tamil family in Lahore. The work of the Indian-American astrophysicist is remembered for his research in stellar evolution, particularly white dwarfs and black holes.

  Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is best known for his celebrated discovery called “Chandrasekhar Limit”. His early research on the structure and evolution of stars played a significant role in winning the Nobel Prize in Physics, which he shared with William Fowler.

  S. Chandrasekhar &#; Early Education, Life and Career

  Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar attended Presidency College, Madras, from to , where he completed his UG in physics.

  • He wrote his first scientific paper titled ‘The Compton Scattering and the New Statistics&#; when he was in his teens.
  • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar contacted Ralph Fowler, an eminent astrophysicist, to forward his paper for publication in the prestigious Proceedings of the Royal Society, which was published in
  • After his graduation, he was awarded a Government of India scholarship to pursue graduate studies

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