Clergyman's

Indians tend to be a little insecure and they should stop being insecure — I have visited India many times and I can tell you questions I get after my talks are as perceptive as anywhere else in the world, including places like Harvard or MIT. It’s perfectly fine to take pride that someone from their region has used their background and succeeded. That gives them a positive message that they can do anything that they want.
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Last year, the lecture was held in with a capacity for just 300 people, and half the seats were empty. “What has changed? I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Last year, the lecture was held in with a capacity for just 300 people, and half the seats were empty. “What has changed? I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

In the current debate about immigration, it is worth noting that this award is yet another example of the numerous contributions that immigrants make to British society.
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

In the current debate about immigration, it is worth noting that this award is yet another example of the numerous contributions that immigrants make to British society.
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Now many excellent scientists in India are doing really first rate work and it should not matter when the next Indian Nobel Prize is because they are doing very good work — that is what matters and the more you have this infrastructure, with good scientists within India, eventually someone will get a Nobel Prize for work done within India.
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

There are already people who are world class in India, for example C.N.R. Rao . He is an example of how you can do first rate international work within India. So I would say to Indians — you have it within you to do this .
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

There are already people who are world class in India, for example C.N.R. Rao . He is an example of how you can do first rate international work within India. So I would say to Indians — you have it within you to do this .
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

There are already people who are world class in India, for example C.N.R. Rao . He is an example of how you can do first rate international work within India. So I would say to Indians — you have it within you to do this .
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be: decades or only a few years. Or your approach may be fatally flawed and doomed to fail. Or you could get scooped just as you are finalising your work. It is very stressful.
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan