Swedish Minister, DMRC MD unveil Nobel Memorial Wall

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 1

The embassy of Sweden and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today jointly inaugurated the Nobel Memorial Wall at the Rajiv Chowk Metro station.

The aim of exhibiting this wall is to spread awareness about the Nobel Laureates from India and their contribution to society. The wall will be on display from November 1 to November 7 at Rajiv Chowk Metro station       

The one-of-its kind wall exhibits paintings by the students from top Fine Art Colleges in Delhi and NCR. The portraits of Rabindranath Tagore, CV Raman, Hargobind Khorana, Mother Teresa, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Amartya Sen, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Kailash Satyarthi were selected by way of a painting competition conducted by the embassy.

Anna Ekström, Minister for Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training, Government of Sweden and Mangu Singh, Managing Director, DMRC together unveiled the wall.

Speaking on the occasion, Swedish Minister said, “I feel honoured to inaugurate the Nobel Memorial Wall along with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. From the first non-European Nobel laureate, Tagore, as well as the first non-European science laureate C. V. Raman, to a modern-day fighter for children’s rights, Satyarthi, the remarkable contributions of Indian Nobel laureates have inspired many across the world.”

Also speaking on the occasion, Mangu Singh said, “The inauguration of the Nobel Memorial Wall at Rajiv Chowk Metro station has become a tradition to mark the beginning of the Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week. This is seventh year in a row that the wall is displayed at Rajiv Chowk station.”