Sir Venki Ramakrishnan | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union
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Venkatraman "Venki" Ramakrishnan is an Indian-American-British structural biologist of Indian origin. He is the current President of the Royal Society, having held the position since November 2015. In 2009 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath, "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".
Since 1999, he has worked as a group leader at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, UK, where he is also the Deputy Director.
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What a humble man, for having won the Nobel prize and being president of Royal society. The key takeaway here I think is to never give up following your dreams!
It's so impressive that he followed his passion no matter what
He is the only person in India who survived a diseases known as dead dreams disease
What a great human being this man is. He pursued knowledge to really learn. He did have one important advantage in having a mind prepared to learn about nature together with the necessary discipline to stay the course from a tender age. I wish that there’s a lot more people like him all around the world!
That's my home boy there....cheers venki God bless.
what an interesting fellah.
Nice one. We had the honour to shoot an interview with him last week at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge (we just published the first part). We were hoping for an old-style Royal Society room, but actually the MRC turned out to be an excellent location. Apart from his scientific achievements he is really a pleasant person to talk to.
I am attending his lecture tomorrow..:) excited.
He ( venkata rama krishanan- president of royal society of london)is south indian tamilaian kamma naidu
What a candid account and how refreshing , inspiring . Thank you
He is my inspiration
God had given me a very pleasant opportunity to work under prof cv ramakrishnan and Dr r rajalaxmi as a layman data entry operator where lalli and ambi known me as their family member to send them to my house in badri Molalla wadi baroda gujarat they are now so intelligent and mixing nature personalities they still remember me and wish best for us tks a lot to almighty God wish them good health and happiness tks
I was looking into the chaos engine, and ended up here - tank you Venki :)
Great inspiration 🇧🇩
Genius..
Aw nice hearing he spent time growing up in Gujarat, the state I was born ^_^
Very interesting life reflects every one's in a practical way.
He ( venkata rama krishanan- president of royal society of london)is south indian tamilaian kamma naidu
"Most of the waking hours must be happy. Not the occasional vacations you take" - Sir Venki Ramakrishnan
Profound
Hope you still speak Tamil fluently. I did listen to BBC Desert Island Discs - (Spotify) So thrilled that you included Carnatic music. Hope your son is prospering in Cello music explorations. Best wishes,
May Allah bless u and u work in future to unravel new mysteries of molecular biology
Nce talk
Somehow he's always dissing Ada Yonath... She didn't steal his ideas or even bad mouthed him... But anyway I'll be reading his book and see what's the competition is all about
Have you finished the book yet? What did you think?
M K Stalin felicitated Nobel Laureate Venkataraman Ramakrishnan. Stalin hosted a grand ceremony on the scale of celebrating Ilaya Raja, Leonel, or a politician like Velu because he had never celebrated a Nobel Laureate. Nevertheless, he wanted to appreciate science in a way never attempted in Tamil Nadu by anybody or the more knowledgeable, English-speaking J Jayalalitha.
How did Venkataraman Ramakrishnan feel when a great and popular politician whose father is Kalainar or an artist in literature or litterateur par excellence felicitated him? What was the atmosphere like? What was it like being in the august and imposing presence of one of the walking colossi of Tamil Nadu politics ever since the Dravidian revolution? Was it a proud and glorious moment when a great litterateur par excellence's son himself felicitated him? How would the Hindu newspaper describe such an electrifying moment and atmosphere? Can the Hindu newspaper tell us what hung in the air? Interestingly and intriguingly, what was the audience like? What was it like being at the center of attraction of such a unique audience who were in awe of a scientist even though they have known and seen only celebrities like Illaya Raja, Lionel, or politician Velu?
Was it a God's Gift?
HI, I m from Kanpur U.P IN INDIA . here actually no body know about him or ponder over his science much....
India doesn't have a good base in pure sciences unlike in engineering or medicine. Students taking up B.Sc are looked down upon and discouraged. Not to mention that only 0.6% of the GDP is spent on education/research.
During his Rajya Sabha TV the interviewer used the word white while referring to the earlier heads of the Royal Society. Surely poor understanding of global agenda. To use the word white for race is erroneous. There is no white race. The Mongol race (the pure Mongols of Mongolia) can be lighter than many Europeans. The narrator should have used the word non-European. Most Indians belong to the Aryan Race and this race without doubt is indigenous to the northwestern region of the Indian
subcontinent and Central Asia. A true Aryan does not look up or look down on anyone. Most Europeans are also Aryans. Sanskrit-Avestan is the mother of most European languages. Color can change due to climate. Southern Europeans (though pure Aryans) are dark like the Punjabis who are also Aryans. Punjab also has a harsh climate. I am a Dogra from Jammu, many Jammu people are pretty light. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is also a pure Aryan and is married to a fine lady (Jewish) of the Semitic Race. Indians by large are not racist but are proud to belong to the Aryan Race.