Who among the following scientists of Indian origin is / has been the

Who among the following scientists of Indian origin is / has been the President of Royal Society ?

[amp_mcq option1=”Ronald Ross” option2=”Har Gobind Khorana” option3=”Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman” option4=”Venkatraman Ramakrishnan” correct=”option4″]

This question was previously asked in
UPSC CAPF – 2016
The correct answer is Venkatraman Ramakrishnan.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (also known as Venki Ramakrishnan), an Indian-born British-American structural biologist and Nobel laureate, served as the President of the Royal Society from November 2015 to November 2020.
Ronald Ross (Nobel in Medicine 1902, born in India, worked in India) was elected FRS but was not President. Har Gobind Khorana (Nobel in Medicine 1968, born in India, worked mostly in the US) was not President. C.V. Raman (Nobel in Physics 1930) was elected FRS but was not President.
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