Field of excellence : Science

1) Marie Curie (Field: Physics, Chemistry)

a)  Pioneering work on Radioactivity; discovery of polonium and radium.

b) First women to win the Nobel Prize.

c)  The first woman to become a Professor in the University of Paris.

2) Alexander Graham Bell (Field: Physics, Sound)

a) Awarded the first US patent for the telephone in 1876.

b) groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications and aeronautics.

c) Received numerous honorary degrees and dozens of medals and awards.

3) CV Raman (Field: Physics)

a) Groundbreaking work in the field of light scattering.

b) Won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930.

c) famous for the Raman effect, 1954, awarded the Bharat Ratna.