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Embassy of Sweden honours Indian Nobel Laureates

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New Delhi, October 21, New Delhi

As part of the “Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week 2014”, the Embassy of Sweden commemorates the Indian Nobel Laureates at the Nobel Memorial Wall at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station in Connaught Place.

The Nobel Wall is the Embassy’s initiative to spread awareness of knowledge about all the Nobel Laureates from India whilst paying a tribute to their contribution to "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind."

Last year the Wall celebrated the 100-year anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize in Literature.

This year is special with the addition of India’s second Peace Prize Laureate, Mr KailashSatyarthi.

The wall will showcase the following Nobel Laureates

1. Rabindranath Tagore

2. CV Raman

3. Dr HarGobindKhurana

4. Mother Teresa

5. SubramanyanChandrashekhar

6. Amartya Sen

7. VenkatramanRamakrishnan

8. KailashSatyarthi

Date: October 26 – November 03, 2014

Venue: Rajiv Chowk Metro Station

Time: All Day

For further information, please contact:

PallabiRajkonwar/Adiba Amin Bhat

KaizzenPr Services Pvt. Ltd.

Phone: 9953309761 / 9871419984

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