The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) announced the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2021 for Science & Technology, during its 80th Foundation Day.
This award has been given to 11 scientists from across the country for their significant contributions to science and technology.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2021 Winners:
Biological Sciences:
- Dr Amit Singh
Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
2. Dr Arun Kumar Shukla
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
Chemical Sciences:
- Dr Kanishka Biswas
International Centre of Materials Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru
2. Dr T Govindaraju
Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences:
Dr Binoy Kumar Saikia
Coal and Energy Research Group, CSIR North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat
Engineering Sciences:
Dr Debdeep Mukhopadhyay
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
Mathematical Sciences:
- Dr Anish Ghosh
School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
2. Dr Saket Saurabh
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Medical Sciences:
- Dr Jeemon Panniyammakal
Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies
Sree Chitra Tirunal lnstitute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
2. Dr Rohit Srivastava
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
Physical Sciences:
Dr Kanak Saha
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
About SSB Award:
- The award is named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) India, the late Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and is known as the ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology’.
- The award comprises a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
- Every year, scientists under the age of forty-five are chosen for the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award.
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in the following Disciplines:
(i) Biological Sciences, (ii) Chemical Sciences, (iii) Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, (iv) Engineering Sciences, (v) Mathematical Sciences, (vi) Medical Sciences and (vii) Physical Sciences