Nobel Prizes 2026 will be announced between October 5 and 12, 2026, to honour outstanding contributions in the fields of medicine, literature, arts, chemistry, physics, economics and peace. They are regarded among the world’s most prestigious awards and are highly anticipated each year.
Indians who have won a Nobel Prize are Rabindranath Tagore, C.V. Raman, Mother Teresa, Amartya Sen, and Kailash Satyarthi.
Nobel Prizes: Areas of recognition
Nobel Prizes are awarded for outstanding achievements in medicine or physiology, physics, chemistry, literature, economic sciences, and peace. According to a Reuters report, the Nobel Prize now comes with a recently increased amount of 12 million Swedish crowns or $1.21 million. The awards are highly coveted and bestow instant international fame on the recipients.
Date and timings of Nobel Prize announcements in I.S.T.
Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
The prize will be announced on October 5, 2026, 3 p.m. IST, at the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute.
Nobel Prize in Physics
The prize will be announced on October 6, 2026, 3.15 p.m. IST, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The prize will be announced on October 7, 3.15 p.m. IST, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Nobel Prize in Literature
The prize will be announced on October 8, 4.30 p.m. IST, at the Swedish Academy.
Nobel Peace Prize
The prize will be announced on October 9, 2.30 p.m., IST at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2026 (Nobel Prize in Economics)
The prize will be announced on October 12, 3.15 p.m. IST, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
How to watch the Nobel prize announcement ceremonies?
The announcements of the prestigious prizes can be watched live on YouTube. They can be streamed through the Nobel Prize YouTube channel.
Nobel Prize Winners 2025
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” The prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”
Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy”
Who founded the Nobel Prize?
A Swedish chemist and entrepreneur, Alfred Nobel created the award and dictated in his will that the bulk of his sizable estate be used to fund prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.
Nobel is best known as the inventor of dynamite and was also a businessman, poet, and linguist. Mr Nobel spent much of his career developing weapons. He died in 1896, and the first prizes were awarded in 1901, following a legal battle over his will.
A private institution called The Nobel Foundation is responsible for fulfilling the intentions of Alfred Nobel’s will.
According to the Nobel Prize website, “the main mission of the Nobel Foundation is to manage Alfred Nobel’s fortune in a manner that ensures a secure financial standing for the Nobel Prize over the long term and that the prize-awarding institutions are guaranteed independence in their work of selecting recipients.”
Nobel selected the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to award the prizes for chemistry and physics, the Swedish Academy for literature, Sweden’s Karolinska Institute medical university for physiology or medicine, and the Norwegian parliament for peace.
All timings mentioned are based on the information displayed on the official Nobel Prize website.
With inputs from Reuters
Published – October 05, 2026 02:18 pm IST
