New Delhi, September 26, 2014: Dr Paramvir Singh Ahuja, Director General Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) today announced the prestigious Shantri Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for the Year 2014. The awards were announced during the CSIR’s 72stFoundation day Celebrations held here in New Delhi. According to it, Ten (10) scientists have been selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for the year 2014. The Award is given To recognize outstanding Indian work in Science and Technology and it consists of a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh, a citation and a plaque. The Awardees are as under:
Biological Sciences
Dr. Roop Mallik
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mumbai
Chemical Sciences
Dr. Kavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad
Indian Institute of Science
Bengaluru.
Dr. Souvik Maiti
Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB)
New Delhi.
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences
Dr. Sachchida Nand Tripathi
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur.
Engineering Sciences
Dr. S Venkata Mohan
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT)
Hyderabad.
Dr. Soumen Chakrabarti
Indian Institute of Technology
Mumbai.
Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Kaushal Kumar Verma
Indian Institute of Science
Bengaluru.
Medical Sciences
Dr. Anurag Agrawal
Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB)
New Delhi.
Physical Sciences
Dr. Pratap Raychaudhuri
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mumbai.
Dr. Sadiqali Abbas Rangwala
Raman Research Institute
Bengaluru.
CSIR Awards for S&T Innovations for Rural Development – 2013
Conferred upon CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad and Directorate of Rice Research, ICAR, Hyderabad for development and deployment of an improved Samba Mahsuri rice variety which is bacterial blight resistant, high yielding and possesses fine-grains.
CSIR Diamond Jubilee Technology Award 2014
Conferred upon Avra Laboratories Pvt. Limited, Hyderabad for Development and Commercialization of “Irinotecan – a unique drug for colorectal cancer”.
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