Hargobind Khorana Nobel (1968) Padma Vibhushan (1969) US-Citizen (1970)
Mother Teresa Nobel (1979) Bharat Ratna (1980) Padmashri (1962)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Nobel (1983) Padma Vibhushan (1968) US-Citizen (1953)
Satyajit Ray Hon. Oscar (1992) Bharat Ratna (1992, days after Oscar) Padma Vibhushan (1976) Padma Bhushan (1965) Padmashri (1958)
Amartya Sen Nobel (1998) Bharat Ratna (1999)
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri Nobel to IPCC (2007) Padma Vibhushan (2008), earlier received Padma Bhushan (2001)
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan Abel (2007) Padma Bhushan (2008)
Look at these notable Indians. Except Dr. Chandrasekhar, their highest recognition by the Government of India has come soon after receiving an international award like Nobel Prize or Abel Prize or Honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement. Dr. Chandrasekhar’s case is somewhat atypical in the sense Nobel Prize awarding committee took several decades to honor him and it was highly belated.From these facts, it looks like that the Government of India has no mechanism to understand the achievements of people to recognise and reward them at appropriate time. Probably some of these people are unknown entities to GOI until they got recognition from an international forum.
Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata is doing commendable job all over the world and largely in India since 1950. Chandrasekhar Limit is there for over 75 years now! Amartya Sen is known to be a finest thinker of our times. Indians and GOI have no clue about what an Abel Prize means to any mathematician. Based on the historical reactions of GOI, Prof. Venktaraman Ramakrishnan, may expect Padma Vibhushan in the next list.
Is GOI recognizing the sons/daughters of the soil or just trumpeting after reading news? If it has an appropriate system in place and national awards are given on no consideration other than merit, how did many of them went unnoticed until they got a Nobel Prize or such similar recognition?
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