The last time an Indian in India won a Nobel Prize was C V Raman in 1930. Since then no one in India has won a Nobel Prize in Science.
Can Indians in India win Nobel prize, or is it only after to foreign land can they win such prizes. It is indeed a moment of pride for Indians to see Venkataraman Ramakrishnan sharing Nobel prize for Chemistry.
theoretically, anyone from anywhere can win the prize but practically NO! its politically motivated award now
The last time an Indian in India won a Nobel Prize was C V Raman in 1930. Since then no one in India has won a Nobel Prize in Science.
Can Indians in India win Nobel prize, or is it only after to foreign land can they win such prizes. It is indeed a moment of pride for Indians to see Venkataraman Ramakrishnan sharing Nobel prize for Chemistry.
Yes but one problem India has it many of its best minds emigrate.
Politics has nothing to do with Nobel prizes for science. Several small countries have done well in this area when you consider their population.
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See .the epicentre of learning has become Usa.thats why there is so much of brain drain from india
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It is not as simple as that. Developing countries do not spend so much on research unless and until it is govt sponsored.
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We had this discussion before. Do a search for a discussion between myself, NYA and Roman. You will that a majority of the nobel prize winners are of american nationality, but not of American origin.
Plus of course an Indian has a chance to win the Nobel Prize. The question is did he live in the West or in India? It plays a major role in how that affects their ability to do work. Also I believe you are wrong regarding the last time an Indian won a Nobel. Sen won one a few years ago didn't he?
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^ Amartya Sen? yes for economics but I don't believe he lives in India either
^ Amartya Sen? yes for economics but I don't believe he lives in India either
Yes, Amartya Sen is a fellow of Cambridge and a professor at Harvard.
He once told me that he can't ever escape the two Cambridges (UK and US).
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to rhe question:
If current rate of change accelerates a bit more in India, it is possible for them to break out of the cycle and start winning the prizes in about a decade. The scientific brilliance is in abundance there, but the research infrastructure is still quite inadequate. Large companies are niot spending enough in core reserach.
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Can Indians in India win Nobel Prize?
#fullpost{display:inline;}Bangalore: It is indeed a moment of pride for Indians to see Venkataraman Ramakrishnan sharing the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. The last time an Indian in India won a Nobel Prize was C V Raman in 1930. Since then no one in India has won a Nobel Prize in Science.
We have come a long way since 1930. Though leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru envisioned better research in India while creating premier institutes like IITs and IIMs, yet even after more than 60 years of independence, somewhere down the lane, they are yet to fulfill the mission they were built for. Ofcourse they churn out some of the best entrepreneurs in the world. Check any successful Indian company, and chances are there will be an IITian among its top executives. Talk about experienced entrepreneurs and successful organizations, and several names from IITs and IIMs crop up.
In the conversation with CNN IBN, Professor Umesh Varshney, Associate Professor UFHT Medical College says, “These things require the kind of facilities which are only now becoming available to us in India. But I’m sure if spoken to Dr Ramakrishnan, he would praise the teachers he had here and it is with that basic knowledge he has been able to achieve what he has achieved.”
The efficiency in space through Chandrayaan is referred as a great success and missile programmes and nuclear powered submarines are gearing up India’s strategic capability. But these are developments in technology and its application to a specific end. We are yet to see any great flourishing of basic research.
Very few institutions undertake serious research in India. The country’s universities are more successful business ventures and examination conducting machines who feed data but are incapable to trigger the thought processes and inquisitiveness to go beyond the classrooms and text books. Expanding the frontiers of knowledge is not a priority for Indian academia. Papers are published for the sake of personal or professional achievement. Very few of these papers are cited by other researchers around the world reports The Economic Times.
A yawning gap exists between teaching done in universities, and research houses in specialized research centres. Moreover due to lack of proper encouragement and facilities and ofcourse the pay factor, the brightest mind flee to other countries. Universities and research organizations do not interact. Faculty pay is at a steep discount to what comparable skills would fetch in industry, ensuring that very few of those who fill academic posts embody first rate talent.
More discouraging is the recent row on the salary hikes of the professors of IITs. The Nobel prize for Ramakrishnan will surely spark the fire in the minds of many young researchers and students. But who will make sure they don’t flee to the lands of opportunities to fulfill their dream?
Half of Africans with p.H.D's live in America. Keep sending us your best brains world! :)