Bangalore: Nobel Laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was in Bangalore where he delivered a Centenary Lecture at the Indian Institute of Science. And he got a reception that would have done a film star proud - with hundreds of young scientists having to be turned away from the overcrowded lecture hall.
It might have seemed like a queue for the latest film released, but it was a queue of people lining up to hear a talk by Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan.
"Nobel Laureate from India means it is a big thing for us - and we are proud for this," said an excited student.
Those who made it inside listened to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan's journey from a boy repelled by science - because both his parents were scientists - to a Nobel prize winner whose India connection became a matter of pride for the country of his birth.
It might have seemed like a queue for the latest film released, but it was a queue of people lining up to hear a talk by Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan.
"Nobel Laureate from India means it is a big thing for us - and we are proud for this," said an excited student.
Those who made it inside listened to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan's journey from a boy repelled by science - because both his parents were scientists - to a Nobel prize winner whose India connection became a matter of pride for the country of his birth.
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