>>The top scientists from BARC, ISRO are very well known are literally treated like national heroes. And so are the 11 cricketers from the Indian National Team.

>>The top scientists from BARC, ISRO are very well known are literally treated like national heroes. And so are the 11 cricketers from the Indian National Team. You must be kidding. This is obviously just an opinion (since I can't point to data), but I'd say that the number of people in India who know the name of a scientist at BARC or ISRO is a tiny fraction of the number of people who know Sachin Tendulkar (cricket) or Shahrukh Khan (movies) Cricketers and movie stars have millions of fans in India. I'd think that the average Indian wouldn't be able to name a single scientist currently working at ISRO or BARC