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.

About The Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar

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,

1. Vigyan Ratna
2. Vigyan Shri
3. Vigyan Yuva – Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
4. Vigyan Team

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.

Here Is The Full Awardees List

Vigyan Ratna

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

Vigyan Shri

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

Vigyan Yuva – Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar

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

Vigyan Team

Award	Team	Lead Institution	Contributions
Vigyan Team	Team – Aroma Mission (CSIR)	CSIR-CIMAP	High-yield aromatic crops, farmer income, rural entrepreneurship

Key Takeaways

• Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 presented on December 23, 2025
• Awards given by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan
• 24 awards across four categories: Vigyan Ratna, Vigyan Shri, Vigyan Yuva, Vigyan Team
• Vigyan Ratna awarded posthumously to Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
• Team Aroma Mission (CSIR) won the Vigyan Team award
• Awards recognize excellence in science, technology, and innovation

Question

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