Indian noble prize winner
| Noble prize Winner | Time | For |
| Rabindranath Tagore | 1913 | Literature |
| Sir C.V. Raman (Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman) | 1930 | Physics |
| Dr. Hargobind Khorana | 1968 | Medicine and Physiology |
| Dr. Subramaniam Chandrasekar | 1983 | physics |
| Mother Teresa | 1979 | peace |
| Dr. Amartya Sen | 1998 | Economics |