RBU_JR_LIS_V23_2021-FULL_TEXT-E-Copy

Dutta and Das: Nobel Laureates in Asia …
From the above table, we can see that a chronological list
of Nobel Laureates in Peace is shown in Table 5 with their
countries and notable works. It has found that till 2019
twenty Asian laureates were awarded the Nobel prize in
Peace.
Sl. Year Nobel
Country Notable
Works
No Laureates
1 1998 Amartya Sen India Human
development
theory Famine
2 2002 Daniel
Kahneman
Born in Israel
A chronological list of Nobel Laureates in Economics
is shown in Table 6 with their countries and notable
works. From the above table, we come to know only
four Asian laureates were awarded the Nobel prize in
Economics.
Data Analysis & Interpretation
Sl No Country No. of
Nobel
Laureates
1. Bangladesh 1
2. China 10
3. Hongkong 1
4. India 11
5. Iran 1
6. Iraq 1
7. Israel 11
8. Japan 28
9. Korea (South) 2
10. Myanmar 1
11. Pakistan 2
12. Palestine 1
13. Philippines 1
14. Taiwan &United States 1
15. Timor-Leste 2
16. Turkey 2
17. Vietnam (North) 1
18. Yemen 1
Cognitive biases
Behavioural
economics
Prospect theory
Loss aversion
3 2005 Robert Israeli- Concept of
Aumann American correlated
equilibrium in
game theory
4 2019 Abhijit India
Alleviation
Banerjee
global poverty
Table 6: List of Asian Nobel Laureates in Economics
Figure 1: highest no. of countries with Nobel prize laureates
From the above chart (Table 7), we can interpret that
the highest number (28) of Nobel Laureates are
Japanese, and 11 Nobel Lauraets are Indian, 11 Nobel
Laureates are Israelian, and 10 Nobel Laureates are
Chinese in Asia. Other countries have achieved 1 or 2
Nobel prizes in different fields.
Nobel Prize is given in six subjects. Physics,
Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace
and Economics. Here, we will discuss which Country
has won the highest no. of Nobel prize in Physics in
Asia.
Sl No. Country No. of Nobel
Laureates
1. China 5
2. Hongkong 1
3. India 2
4. Japan 11
5. Pakistan 1
Table 8: highest no. of countries with Nobel prize laureates in
Physics in Asia (1901- 2019)
From the above table (8), it is concluded that Japan has
won 11 Nobel prizes in Physics, China won 5, India
won 2, Hongkong won 1 and Pakistan won 1 Nobel
prize. Here Japan has achieved the highest no. of Nobel
prize in Physics.
Here, we will discuss which Country has given the
highest number of Nobel Prizes in Chemistry in Asia
(from 1901 to 2019)
Sl No. Country No. of Nobel
Laureates
1. China 1
2. India 1
3. Israel 6
4. . Japan 8
5. Korea (South) 1
6. Taiwan &United States 1
7. Turkey 1
Table 9: Highest number of Nobel Prize in Chemistry in Asia
(from 1901 to 2019)
Table 7: highest no. of countries with Nobel prize laureates
109
https://lisrbu.wixsite.com/dlis/rbu-journal-of-lis