The Story of a Nobel Laureate:dr.venkatraman Ramakrishnan

[sravanakumar]

When the news flashed stating that he was one of the Nobel Prize winners for Chemistry in the year,2009, the whole Tamil Nadu was elated, because he was a Tamilian by birth.His school teacher also felt so proud and he was nostalgic about him:” During his school days, he was just above average, but he was very sincere and studious and these two qualities must have helped him to achieve such a great feet”.He was none other than Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, the Nobel Laureate, passionately called as Venki by his colleagues.He was so humble and an unassuming personality.


He was born at Chidambaram, in the year 1952, completed his schooling there and did his pre-university course at the Annamalai University.Then he went to Baroda M.S University, to do his undergraduate and post-graduate courses.


He was born at Chidambaram, in the year 1952, completed his schooling there and did his pre-university course at the Annamalai University.Then he went to Baroda M.S University, to do his undergraduate and post-graduate courses.

Then he flew to US and did his doctorate in the Ohio University. Currently he is engaged as a Senior Scientist in the Cambridge University, London.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been selected for conferring Nobel Prize along with two other scientists from US and Israel for their significant contribution and major breakthrough made in ‘ribosomes.The value of the prize money that he would receive will be Rs 2.25 crores. All the three scientists were responsible for developing the structure and role of ribosomes.The significance of their research can be understood, if we know the actual size of a ribosome which is ‘one millionth of a millimeter in size. While each human or bacteria cell has ribosomes, hitherto their role remained unknown.The credit goes to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who identified and described in detail about the actual role played by them.The ribosomes play a very useful role that helps the RNA and DNA interact with each other in a cell.Their significant theory on ribosome will also be helpful to make major breakthrough in the medical field................ ^^" ^^" ^^" ^^"

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[khali]

he openly reiterated fact in news interview that he is not indian and is of US citizen.