Dr. Hargovind Khurana was bom in a town named Raipur of iViultan district, Punjab in the unparitionedIndia. HepassedB.Sc. (Hons.) in 1943 and M.Sc. (Hons.) in 1945 from Punjab University and went to England after receiving scholarship from the Government of India. He achieved a doctorate degree from Liverpool University by researching under the guidance of A. Robertson. Dr. Khurana was the first to show the role of nucleotides in protein synthesis. In 1968, he was awarded the Nobel prize for outstanding work in the field of genetics. Government of India awarded him the Padma Vibhusan Award.
