Nobel Prize
- 1896 → Dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel (Sweden) died,
- Left fund to give awards in 5 categories → Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Peace
- Later 6th Category added → Economics funded by Bank of Sweden exclusively
- Started in 1901, Maximum 3 persons can be awarded in each category
- A person must be alive to be nominated
- Nobel prize recipients are called laureates
- Actual medals are given on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death
- Get medal, diploma, and 8-million Swedish kroner ~ $1.1 million
- Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway
- Other prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden
The nominations are made by Nobel laureates, members of the prize awarding institutions, active scholars in different fields, and officials and members of diverse universities and learned academies. The nominations are to be supported through a written proposal about the candidate’s worthiness. There is no provision for Self-nomination.
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Nobel Prize winners from India
| Rabindranath Tagore | Was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for “Geetanjali” – a collection of his poems |
| C V Raman | Was awarded Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for his “Raman Effect” |
| Dr. Hargobind Khorana | Was awarded Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968 for his study of the Human Genetic Code and its role in Protein Synthesis |
| Mother Teresa | A Yugoslavian nun who became an Indian citizen – was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979, for her service through her Charitable Mission “Nirmal Hriday” at Calcutta for people suffering from Leprosy and to those people dying in destitute |
| Dr.Subramanian Chandrashekar | Was awarded Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 for his theory on white dwarf stars’ limitation known as ‘Chandrasekhar Limit’ |
| Dr. Amatya Sen | Was awarded Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998 for his work in Economic Theory related to Poverty, Democracy, Development and Social Welfare |
| Dr. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan | Shared Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009 with Thomas Steitz of America and Ada Yonath of Israel for mapping ribosomes, the protein producing factories within cells at the atomic level |
| Kailash Satyarthi | An Indian Children’s rights activist had been awarded the “Nobel Prize For Peace” for the year 2014, jointly with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. |
Noble Prize Winners – More than Once
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| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
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| Marie Curie |
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| John Bardeen |
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| Linus Pauling |
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| Frederick Sanger |
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Nobel Prize Winners 2015
| Medicine | William C. Campbell | Ireland | For their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites |
| Satoshi Omura | Japan | ||
| Youyou Tu | China | For discovery concerning a novel therapy against Malaria | |
| Chemistry | Tomas Lindhal | Sweden | For mechanistic studies of DNA repair |
| Paul Modrich | USA | ||
| Aziz Sancar | Turkey | ||
| Physics | Takaaki Kajita | Japan | For the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass |
| Arthur B. McDonald | Canada | ||
| Literature | Svetlana Alexievich | Belarus | For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time |
| Peace | National Dialogue Quartet | Tunisia | For its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of Jasmine Revolution of 2011 |
| Economics | Angus Deaton | UK | For his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare |
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Nice compilation