kolkata the science students and aspiring scientists from the city will soon get an opportunity to meet nobel laureate venkatraman ramakrishnan who is set to deliver a public lecture at presidency university on january 22 from 10am the nobel prize in chemistry winner of 2009 will be visiting kolkata on a rare occasion and interact with students and facultywe had earlier invited him to inaugurate our bicentennial celebrations in 2017 but he had declined the invitation at the last minute due to an emergency but he promised that in the earliest he would make a trip to presidency university said vice chancellor anuradha lohia she added three months ago he got in touch and informed us about his visit to india he will be in the country to launch his book gene machine he will make his stop to presidency university on morning of january 22 and will give the public lecturethe department of life sciences has invited him we have invited student and faculty from nearby colleges and universities however they will have to register to listen to the lecture the details can be found on the website he will deliver an autobiographical lecture of his journey in science it will be an hour long enriching session and then he will also visit the departments and interact with the faculty and students the vc addedvenki ramakrishnan as he is popularly known as will then inaugurate a literary meet in the city and the first inaugural session where the vc of presidency university will be in conversation with the nobel laureate he is the latest indian born scientist to be honoured with a nobel prize he is an icon and inspiration for the younger generation our country is proud of his achievement ive interacted with him as a member of various international forums ive known him at a personal capacity too his visit will be a memorable one for everyone at the university said lohia