science world Video: Born on this day 96 years ago, Har Gobind Khorana, the Nobel Prize-winning gene decoder Born in a small Punjabi village in pre-Partition India, he advanced his education completely through scholarships. Ramakrishnan M Jan 09, 2018 · 07:00 pm Play Editor: Makrand Sanghvi Support our journalism by subscribing to Scroll+. We welcome your comments at letters@scroll.in. Har Gobind Khorana Genetics Science Nobel Prize Profiles