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Venki Ramakrishnan
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- India-born Nobel laureate Professor Venki Ramakrishnan has been awarded the prestigious Order of Merit by Britain's King Charles III in recognition of his distinguished service to science.
- The UK-based molecular biologist is among the six appointments made to the historic order by the late Queen Elizabeth II before her death in September 2022.
- He was also the first to be appointed by King Charles III.
- He was born in Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu.
- He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his work on ribosomal structure and was knighted by the Queen in 2012.
- The Order of Merit was founded in 1902 by King Edward VII.
- The Order of Merit is an exclusive mark of honour conferred by the British sovereign.
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