President of India Presents Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhavan
The Honorable President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu presented the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 at an award ceremony held at Gantantra Mandap, Rashtrapati Bhavan today (December 23, 2025). For the second edition of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 24 awards were presented to distinguished scientists in four categories which are Vigyan Ratna, Vigyan Shri, Vigyan Yuva, and Vigyan Team.
The Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar aims to honour individuals and teams whose work has made a notable and inspiring impact in advancing India’s scientific and technological capabilities. In 2025, a total of 24 awards were presented across four categories,
The awards cover a wide range of disciplines including agriculture, atomic energy, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine, physics, environmental science, space science, and technology innovation.
| Award | Name | Institution | Key Contributions |
| Vigyan Ratna (Posthumous) | Late Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar | IUCAA, Pune | Hoyle–Narlikar theory, Quasi-Steady State Cosmology, founder of IUCAA |
| Field | Name | Institution | Key Contributions |
| Agricultural Science | Dr Gyanendra Pratap Singh | ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi | Development of mega wheat varieties, heat & drought tolerance |
| Atomic Energy | Dr Yusuf Mohammad Seikh | BARC, Mumbai | Neutron & synchrotron beamlines, superconductivity, magnetic materials |
| Biological Sciences | Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj | CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad | Human genomics, disease susceptibility, infertility studies |
| Chemistry | Prof. Thalappil Pradeep | IIT Madras | Indigenous water purification technologies, molecular clusters |
| Environmental Science | Dr S. Venkata Mohan | CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur | Environmental bioengineering, wastewater, biohydrogen |
| Engineering Sciences | Prof. Aniruddha B. Pandit | ICT Mumbai | Cavitation reactors, energy-efficient microbial cell disruption |
| Mathematics & Computer Science | Prof. Mahan | Mj TIFR, Mumbai | Geometric group theory, hyperbolic 3-manifolds |
| Space Science & Technology | Shri Jayan N. | ISRO, Bengaluru | Cryogenic engines, regenerative cooling |
| Field | Name | Institution | Key Contributions |
| Agricultural Science | Dr Jagadis Gupta | Kapuganti BRIC-NIPGR, New Delhi | Nitric oxide signaling, shelf-life enhancement |
| Agricultural Science | Dr Satendra Kumar Mangrauthia | ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad | Genome-edited Samba Mahsuri rice |
| Biological Sciences | Dr Deepa Agashe | NCBS-TIFR, Bengaluru | Molecular evolution, adaptive responses |
| Biological Sciences | Prof. Debarka Sengupta | IIIT Delhi | Single-cell genomics, AI, cancer biomarkers |
| Chemistry | Dr Dibyendu Das | IISER Kolkata | Systems chemistry, peptide nanostructures |
| Earth Science | Dr Waliur Rahaman | NCPOR, Goa | Isotope geochemistry, climate & sea-level studies |
| Engineering Sciences | Prof. Arkaprava Basu | IISc Bengaluru | GPU/CPU memory systems for AI-ML |
| Mathematics & Computer Science | Prof. Sabyasachi Mukherjee | TIFR Mumbai | Complex analysis, conformal dynamics |
| Medicine | Dr Suresh Kumar | PGIMER, Chandigarh | Pediatric critical care, probiotics research |
| Physics | Prof. Amit Kumar Agarwal | IIT Kanpur | Quantum condensed matter physics |
| Physics | Prof. Surhud Shrikant More | IUCAA, Pune | Cosmology, galaxy clustering statistics |
| Space Science & Technology | Shri Ankur Garg | ISRO-SAC, Bengaluru | Satellite data processing, remote sensing |
| Technology & Innovation | Prof. Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam | IIT Madras | Biomedical devices, cataract surgery tech |
| Award | Team | Lead Institution | Contributions |
| Vigyan Team | Team – Aroma Mission (CSIR) | CSIR-CIMAP | High-yield aromatic crops, farmer income, rural entrepreneurship |
Q. Which of the following is NOT a category under Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar?
A. Vigyan Ratna
B. Vigyan Shri
C. Vigyan Bhushan
D. Vigyan Yuva
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