- C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work on the scattering of light (Raman effect). - Har Gobind Khorana shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 for his work on the interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis. - S. Chandrasekhar shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his theoretical studies of the physical processes important to the structure and evolution of the stars. - Jagdish Chandra Bose (1858-1937) was a pioneering polymath who made significant contributions to physics (radio and microwave optics), botany, and biology. Despite his groundbreaking work, he was not awarded a Nobel Prize.