V Ramakrishnan wins Nobel prize for Chemistry

Tamil Nadu-born Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, a senior scientist at the MRC Laborartory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge, has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry along with two others, the Nobel Committee announced on Wednesday.


President Prathiba Devisingh Patil has hailed the achievement of Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan saying that it is a matter of pride for India.



The minister of state for science and technology and earth sciences Prithviraj Chavan has also hailed the achievement.


Source : ddinews