6. FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN PHYSICS,
CHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY ,
MEDICINE, LITERATURE AND
PEACE.
7. EACH YEAR THE RESPECTIVE NOBEL
COMMITTEES SEND INDIVIDUAL INVITATIONS
members of academies, university professors, scientists from
numerous countries, members of parliamentary assemblies
and others, asking them to submit candidates names.
8. NOBEL PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENTS
made on the same day, Immediately after the vote.
choosen by the respective Nobel Committees.
9. THE NOBEL PRIZE AWARD CEREMONIES
on 10 December, takes place at the Stockholm
Concert Hall
10. The Venue, on the banks of River Malaren, Stockholm.
11. AWARD INCLUDES
a diploma, and a cheque for a large sum of money
(about 10 million Swedish crowns, last time).
Front of the medal
Reverse of the medal
12.
13. INDIAN ACHIEVERS
1 Rabindranath Tagore [ Literature (1913) ]
2 Sir C.V. Raman [(Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman)
Physics (1930)]
3 Dr. Hargobind Khorana[ Medicine and Physiology
(1968)]
4 Dr. Subramaniam Chandrasekar[physics (1983)]
5 Mother Teresa [peace (1979)]
6 Dr. Amartya Sen[Economics (1998)]
7 V.S. Naipaul [British writer of Indian origin, Literature 2001 ]
8 Other Nobel Prize Laureates related to India
Rudyard Kipling (1907 , Literature )
14. INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT NOBEL PRIZE
only twelve women have received the
Nobel Peace Prize
USA - 12 individual Laureates
France (9)
Great Britain (7)
in all from 1901 to 2007, followed by.
Mahatma Gandhi- great Indian advocate of
non-violence, was never awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize.
the dictators Benito Mussolini (1935), Adolf
Hitler (1939) and Joseph Stalin (1945, 1948)
were all nominated for the Nobel Prize, for
Peace