Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for 2022 were announced on September 11, honouring 12 young scientists with India’s top science prize.
- The names of awardees were announced by CSIR director General N Kalaiselvi at the launch event of ‘One Week One Lab’ programme of CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR).
- Traditionally, the Bhatnagar Prizes are announced on September 26, the foundation day of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the organisation that gives away these awards.
- The Bhatnagar Prizes, named after Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the first Director-General of CSIR, are awarded annually in seven scientific disciplines: biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, medicine, engineering, and earth, atmosphere, ocean, and planetary sciences.
- These awards recognise exceptional researchers under the age of 45 and come with a cash prize of ₹5 lakh.
Awardees
Biology: Ashwani Kumar, CSIR – Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh (Biology); M Maddika Subba Reddy, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad
Chemistry: Akkattu Biju, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Debabrta Maiti, IIT Bombay Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences; Vimal Mishra, IIT Gandhinagar.
Engineering: Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, IIT Delhi; Rajnish Kumar, IIT Madras.
Mathematics: Apoorva Khare, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Neeraj Kayal, Microsoft Research Lab, India.
Medicine: Dipyaman Ganguli, CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology.
Physics: Anindya Das, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Basudeb Dasgupta, TIFR Mumbai.
