Daily Current Affairs / Names of 11 scientists were announced for India's highest science award i.e. "Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar".
Category : Awards Published on: September 28 2021
· The names of 11 scientists who received the country's highest science award for science and technology "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2021" were announced during the 80th Foundation Day of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
· The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is given to Indian scientists below the age of 45 for their outstanding research in seven fields- biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and physics.
Here is the list of 11 scientist’s awardees:
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Awardees |
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Biological Sciences
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1. Dr Amit Singh, department of microbiology and cell biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. 2. Dr Arun Kumar Shukla, department of biological sciences and bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
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Chemical sciences
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1. Dr Kanishka Biswas from the International Centre of Materials Science 2. Dr T Govindaraju, from the Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory |
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Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences
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1. Dr Binoy Kumar Saikia from Coal and Energy Research Group, CSIR North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat. |
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Engineering sciences
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1. Dr Debdeep Mukhopadhyay, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. |
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Mathematical sciences
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1. Dr Anish Ghosh, school of mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. 2. Dr Saket Saurabh, the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai. |
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Medical sciences
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1. Dr Jeemon Panniyammakal, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. 2. Dr Rohit Srivastava, department of biosciences and bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. |
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Physical sciences
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1. Dr Kanak Saha, from Pune’s Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics. |
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