Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2021 was recently announced by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). This prize is India’s highest science award and was instituted after the founder and director of CSIR.
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for the year 2022 were declared in September 2023. The reason for the delay in the announcement of the awards was not revealed by the government.
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Overview of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is given every year to scientists below forty-five years of age for their contribution to the following fields:
- Biological Sciences
- Chemical Sciences
- Engineering Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Medical Sciences
- Physical Sciences and
- Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean, and Planetary Sciences
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2022 Winners
| SSB Award Category | Winner |
| Biological Sciences | 1. Dr Ashwani Kumar
CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 2. Dr Maddika Subba Reddy Laboratory of Cell Death and Cell Survival Centre for DNA Fingerprinting Diagnostics Hyderabad |
| Chemical Sciences | 1. Dr Akkattu T Biju
Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 2. Dr Debabrata Maiti Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai |
| Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences | Dr Vimal Mishra
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Gandhinagar |
| Engineering Sciences | 1. Dr Dipti Ranjan Sahoo
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi 2. Dr Rajnish Kumar Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai |
| Mathematical Sciences | 1. Dr Apoorva Khare
Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 2. Dr Neeraj Kayal Microsoft Research Lab India Bengaluru |
| Medical Sciences | Dr Dipyaman Ganguli
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Kolkata |
| Physical Sciences | 1. Dr Anindya Das
Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 2. Dr Basudeb Dasgupta Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai |
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2021 Winners
The list of winners from each category of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2021 is given below.
| Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology | Name of Winners |
| Biological Sciences | Dr Amit Singh
(Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru) Dr Arun Kumar Shukla (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur ) |
| Chemical Sciences | Dr Kanishka Biswas
(Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru) Dr T Govindaraju (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru ) |
| Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences | Dr Binoy Kumar Saikia
(CSIR North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat) |
| Engineering Sciences | Dr Debdeep Mukhopadhyay
(Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) |
| Mathematical Sciences | Dr Anish Ghosh
(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai) Dr Saket Saurabh (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai) |
| Medical Sciences | Dr Jeemon Panniyammakal
(Sree Chitra Tirunal lnstitute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram) Dr Rohit Srivastava (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) |
| Physical Sciences | Dr Kanak Saha
(Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune) |
Facts about the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
- The Prize is given to Scientists for their notable Indian work in science and technology, i.e. applied or fundamental research.
- Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) working in India are also eligible.
- The (research) work should be primarily done in India during the 5 years preceding the year of the Prize.
- Recommendations for the award are given to the Governing Body of CSIR by the Advisory Committees. These Advisory committees are formed after getting approval of the Chairman of the Governing body of CSIR.
- The Director-General of CSIR announces the names of the recipients on 26 September, the CSIR Foundation Day, by the Director-General, CSIR.
- The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardees Contribution
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Chemical Sciences
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Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences
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Engineering Sciences
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1. Focuses on micro-architectural security and crypto-engineering |
Mathematical Sciences
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Medical Sciences
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Physical Sciences
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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners (Year-wise)
The winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology from each category from the year 2019 to 2020 are given below:
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2020 Winners
The list of winners from each category of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2020 is given below:
| Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology | Name of Winners |
| Biological Sciences | Dr Subhadeep Chatterjee
(Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad) Dr Vatsala Thirumalai (National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru) |
| Chemical Sciences | Dr Jyotirmayee Dash
(Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata ) Dr Subi Jacob George (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru) |
| Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences | Dr Abhijit Mukherjee
(Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Dr Suryendu Dutta (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) |
| Engineering Sciences | Dr Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni
(CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune) Dr Kinshuk Dasgupta (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai) |
| Mathematical Sciences | Dr Rajat Subhra Hazra
(Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) Dr U K Anandavardhanan (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) |
| Medical Sciences | Dr Bushra Ateeq
(Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) Dr Ritesh Agarwal (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh) |
| Physical Sciences | Dr Rajesh Ganapathy
(Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru) Dr Surajit Dhara (University of Hyderabad) |
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2019 Winners
The list of winners from each category of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2019 is given below:
| Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology | Name of Winners |
| Biological Sciences | Dr Kayarat Saikrishnan
(Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune) Dr Soumen Basak (National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi) |
| Chemical Sciences | Dr Raghavan B Sunoj
(Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) Dr Tapas Kumar Maji (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru) |
| Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences | Dr Subimal Ghosh
(Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) |
| Engineering Sciences | Dr Manik Varma
(Microsoft Research India, Bengaluru) |
| Mathematical Sciences | Dr Dishant Mayurbhai Pancholi
(The Institute of Mathematical Sciences CIT Campus, Chennai) Dr Neena Gupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) |
| Medical Sciences | Dr Dhiraj Kumar
(International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi) Dr Mohammad Javed Ali (Govindram Seksaria Institute of Dacryology, L V Prasad Eye Institute Banjara, Hyderabad) |
| Physical Sciences | Dr Aninda Sinha
(Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru) Dr Shankar Ghosh (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai) |
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