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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020 announced

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020 was announced by the Union science and technology minister Dr Harsh Vardhan at the Foundation Day celebration of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on 26th September.

The Prize is awarded annually for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in the following disciplines:

Biological Sciences
Chemical Sciences
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences
Engineering Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Medical Sciences
Physical Sciences

Here is the list of 14 Fourteen scientists awardees:

Biological Sciences:

Dr Subhadeep Chatterjee,
Dr Vatsala Thirumalai

Chemical Sciences

Dr Jyotirmayee Dash,
Dr Subi Jacob George

Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences

Dr Abhijit Mukherjee
Dr Suryendu Dutta

Engineering Sciences

Dr Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni
Dr Kinshuk Dasgupta

Mathematics Sciences

Dr UK Anandavardhanan,
Dr Rajat Subhra Hazra

Medicine Sciences

Dr Bushra Ateeq,
Dr Ritesh Agarwal

Physics Sciences

Dr Rajesh Ganapathy
Dr Surajit Dhara

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About the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize:

The prize is given to Indian scientists below the age of 45 for outstanding research in seven fields—Biology, Chemistry, Environment Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics. The Prize is bestowed on a person who, in the opinion of CSIR, has made conspicuously important and outstanding contributions to human knowledge and progress fundamental and applied, in the particular field of endeavour, which is his/her specialization.

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