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PM congratulates Indian-American Ramakrishnan on Nobel honour |
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has congratulated Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan for
jointly winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2009. In his congratulatory
message to Dr. Ramakrishnan, Dr. Singh said his work in extending the frontiers
of molecular biology would be serve as an inspiration to thousands of Indian scientists
and researchers. "This high honour is just and due recognition of your exceptional
scientific achievements in your chosen field of study. The work done by you and
the other prize winners in furthering the scientific understanding of one of life's
core processes has major applications in the field of medical science and drug
development," he said. "It is a matter of great pride for India that a brilliant
scientist, who has gained the highest international recognition, should have done
most of his education in India. It is a tribute to the educational system in our
country and the dedication of the teaching community that we are able to nurture
such international excellence in the sciences," he added. He further said: "The
work that you have done to extend the frontiers of Molecular Biology will be an
inspiration to thousands of Indian scientists, researchers and technologists,
who strive to follow in your footsteps." "I wish you all the very best in your
future endeavours and hope that you will continue to make outstanding contributions
to the scientific progress of humankind," the Prime Minister added. An Indian
origin senior scientist at the MRC Laborartory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge,
Ramakrishnan, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 along with two
others. The Nobel Committee announced on Wednesday that the Tamil Nadu born Ramakrishnan
would share the Nobel Prize with Thomas E Steitz (US) and Ada E Yonath (Israel)
for their "studies of the structure and function of the ribosome". Ramakrishnan
graduated in B.Sc. in Physics from Baroda University in 1971 and did Ph.D. in
Physics in 1976 from Ohio University. |
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