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1. HAR GOBIND KHORANA

An Indian American scientist, Har Gobind Khorana

was a leading bio chemist, who was honored with

the prestigious Nobel Prize in 196 !or his use!ul

research wor" on s#nthesis o! proteins and

interpretation o! genetic code$



2. SUBRAHMANYAN CHANDRASEKHAR

Ne%t among the top 1&

Indian scientists is 'ubrahman#am (handrase"har,

who was commended with the Nobel Prize in

Ph#sics in 19)$ *ne o! the greatest ph#sicists o!

the +&th centur#, (handrase"har has made

contributions in the elds o! astroph#sics and

mathematics$ *ne o! his most well "nown wor"s is



the (handrase"har limit, which deals with

-rownian .otion and theor# o! illumination$

3. SATYENDRA NATH BOSE

Another well "nown Indian ph#sic was 'at#enra

Nath -ose, whose /-ose0instein 2heor#3 earned



him worldwide !ame$ He has pla#ed an

instrumental role in the eld o! 4uantum ph#sics

and an atomic particle called -oson has been

named a!ter him$

4. DR YELLAPRAGADA SUBBA RAO

Ne%t on this list comes the name o! the !amous

biochemist called 5r ellapragada 'ubba 7ao, who



has been credited with the disco8er# o! a number

o! li!e sa8ing antibiotics$ An anti cancer drug

manu!actured b# him man# decades ago continues

to be used globall# !or treating the deadl# disease$

5. DR RAJA RAMANNA



5r 7aa 7amanna was an outstanding ph#sicist and

nuclear scientist, who had wor"ed in close co

ordination with 5r Homi -habha$ He was a multi

!aceted personalit#, who was also a scholar,

musician and philosoph# researcher$

6$ '7INI:A'A 7A.AN;<AN



2he ne%t name to !eature on the list o! top 1&

Indian scientists is that o! 'rini8asa 7amanuan,

"nown as the greatest mathematician o! the

+&th centur#$ His contribution in the eld o!

mathematics and geometr# has been immense,

with research on elliptic !unction, continued

!ractions, innite series and anal#tical theor# o!

numbers$



=$ AP< A-5;> KA>A.

AP< Abdul Kalam, also "nown as the .issile .an o!

India, is a great 8isionar# and scientist !rom India,

who has also ser8ed as the President o! the countr#

!rom +&&= to +&11$ He has been noted !or his

contribution in the eld o! 8ehicle technolog# and

ballistic missile$



$ . :I':':A7AA

*ne o! the greatest scientists and engineers o!

India was . :is8es8ara#a, who has pla#ed a "e#

role in the building o! Krishnaraasagar 5am and

introduced the technolog# o! steel doors to pre8ent

wastage o! water in dams$ His contribution in the

eld o! architecture o! modern India !etched him

the -harat 7atna in 191$



9$ H*.I < -HA-HA

?eaturing ne%t on this list is the leading atomic

scientist, Homi < -habha, who was instrumental in

the scientic progress o! the countr# b# setting up

institutes li"e -habha Atomic 7esearch Institute

and 2ata Institute o! ?undamental 7esearch$ 2his

great ph#sicist was also the rst man to hold the



position o! the (hairman o! the Atomic nerg#

(ommission$

1&$ ( : 7A.AN

2he great Indian ph#sicist, 5r (handrase"har

:en"ata 7aman will ne8er be !orgotten !or his

research in the eld o! ph#sics, which turned out to

be a momentous contribution to the world$ 2he



disco8er# o! 7aman @ect earned him the

prestigious -harat 7atna Award, in addition to

Nobel Prize in Ph#sics in 19)&$

'ome other Indian scientists who will alwa#s be

remembered !or their glorious contributions in the

eld o! science and technolog# are 'alim Ali,

Harish (handra, G N 7amachandran and 5r 'hanti

'waroop -hatnagar$



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