How many Indians have won the Nobel Prize?

There has been a lot of controversy over Bob Dylan being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature this year (2016). While the Nobel citation says he deserved it “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”, critics think otherwise. read more

However there have been other Indian Nobel prize winners who weren't Indian citizens at that time. Subramanian Chandrashekhar ( Physics, nephew of Sir CV Raman), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Chemistry), Har Gobind Khorana( Medicine),V.S. Naipaul ( literature). read more

A total of 835 individuals (791 men and 44 women) and 21 organizations were awarded the Nobel Prize, some more than once. Among the total recipients, 12 are Indians (5 Indian citizens and 7 of Indian origin or residency). read more