Nobel Prize 2009

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.

List of Nobel laureates for the Year 2009:
1.Barack Obama(US) - Peace.
2.Herta Muller(Germany) - Literature
3.Elizabeth Blackburn(US), Carol W Greider(US) and Jack W Szostak(US) - Medicine.
4.V Ramakrishnan(India), Thomas E Steitz (US) and Ada E Yonath (Israel) - Chemistry.
5.Charles Kao(US), George E. Smith(US), and Prof. Willard S. Boyle(US) - Physics.
6.Elinor Ostrom(US), Oliver Williamson(US) - Economics.

List of Nobel laureates by Indias:
1.Ronald Ross (1857 - 1932) - Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902.
2.Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
3.Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
4.C V Raman (1888 - 1970) - Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930.
5.Hargobind Khorana (1922) - Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968.
6.Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997) - Nobel Prize for peace in 1979.
7.Abdus Salam (1926 - 1996) - Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979.
8.Subramaniam Chandrasekar(1910 - 1995) - Nobel Prize for physics in 1983.
9.Amartya Sen ( 1933) - Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998.
10.V.S. Naipaul (1932) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.
11.Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952) - Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009.

Note:Some of were Indian Citizens & some of were Indian Origins.