Awards AppointmentsMonday, 12 October 2026·The Hindu - International
Nobel Prize 2026: full winners list, dates, venues, and India’s Nobel laureates
The 2026 Nobel Prizes were announced from October 5 to 12, with awards in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics.
Key highlights
Direct fact
Between October 5 and 12, 2026, the Nobel Prizes were announced in Stockholm and Oslo, with the Economics Prize closing the season on October 12, 2026.
Key specifics
- The Nobel Prize categories mentioned are medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economic sciences.
- The 2026 prize amount was 12 million Swedish crowns, or about $1.21 million.
- India’s Nobel laureates listed were Rabindranath Tagore, C.V. Raman, Mother Teresa, Amartya Sen and Kailash Satyarthi.
- The medicine prize was announced on October 5, 2026, at 3 p.m. IST at the Nobel Assembly, Karolinska Institute.
- The peace prize was announced on October 9, 2026, by the Norwegian Nobel Committee at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
Exam lens
General awareness MCQ focus: Nobel categories, 2026 announcement dates from October 5 to 12, Indian laureates, and venue-based questions on Karolinska Institute, Swedish Academy and Norwegian Nobel Institute.