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Prominent Scientists from Punjab
* Har Gobind Khorana — Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist and biochemist. Born in Raipur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968.
* Abdus Salam — Punjabi Muslim theoretical physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.
* Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar — Prominent Indian scientist and the first Director-General of CSIR.
* Yash Pal — Scientist, space researcher and science educator. He was born in Jhang, Punjab (now in Pakistan).
* Narinder Singh Kapany — Physicist born in Moga, Punjab, and widely regarded as a pioneer of fibre optics.
* Piara Singh Gill — Nuclear physicist born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, and a pioneer in cosmic-ray and nuclear physics.
* Sardul Singh Guraya — Biologist from Gurdaspur, Punjab.
* Satinder Vir Kessar — Renowned organic chemist born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
* Ruchi Ram Sahni — One of the early prominent scientists from Punjab and an important advocate for science education.
* Birbal Sahni — World-renowned palaeobotanist and an important figure in India’s scientific history.
* V. K. Jindal — Physicist and researcher in nanoscience and nanotechnology, born in Bhawanigarh, Punjab.
* Parveen Chhuneja — Agricultural geneticist from Faridkot, Punjab, known for her work in plant breeding and biotechnology.
Other notable scientists associated with Punjab include Kasturi Lal Chopra, Ram Nath Chopra, Virendra Lal Chopra, Gurcharan Singh Kalkat, Sahib Singh Sokhey, and Ravi Grover.
Thomas Edison had about 1,100 patents, while Gurtej Singh Sandhu a physicist and engineer has had 1,325+ patents. He works in New York.
Note: This list uses undivided Punjab before the 1947 Partition, so it includes scientists from areas that are now in both Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab
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