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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2022 Winners Name

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has publicised the list of awardees for the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) awards for 2022, considered among the prestigious prizes for science in India. After an unexplained delay of nearly a year in the announcement always made on September 26, the CSIR’s foundation day. The CSIR had announced the Bhatnagar winners for 2021 nearly two years ago.

All the 12 winners for 2022 are men just as they were for 2021. The 2020 winners had included two women scientists.

This year’s awardees constitute 12 scientists below the age of 45 and they include

Name Affiliation Field of Study
Ashwani Kumar CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology Biological Sciences
Maddika Subba Reddy Centre for DNA Fingerprinting Diagnostics, Hyderabad Biological Sciences
Akkattu Biju Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Chemical Sciences
Debabrata Maiti Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Chemical Sciences
Vimal Mishra Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Dipti Ranjan Sahoo Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Engineering Sciences
Rajnish Kumar Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Engineering Sciences
Apoorva Khare Indian Institute of Science and Mathematical Science
Neeraj Kayal Microsoft Research Lab India Mathematical Science
Dipyaman Ganguly Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata Medical Sciences
Anindya Das Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Physical Sciences
Basudeb Dasgupta Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Physical Sciences

About the award Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) awards

The Bhatnagar prizes are named after S.S. Bhatnagar, who was the CSIR’s first director general from 1942 to 1954. The SSB Prize, instituted in the memory of the first Director General of the CSIR, is usually announced on the foundation day of the institution on September 26. Bhatnagar Award, each of the value of Rupees five lakh, are awarded annually for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in the following disciplines:

  • Biological Sciences: This is jointly awarded to Dr. Ashwani Kumar of CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology and Dr. Maddika Subba Reddy of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting Diagnostics
  • Chemical Sciences: This is jointly awarded to Dr. Akkattu T Biju of the Indian Institute of Science and Dr. Debabrata Maiti of the Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay)
  • Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences: This is awarded to Dr. Vimal Mishra of the Indian Institute of Technology (Gandhinagar)
  • Engineering Sciences: This is jointly awarded to Dr. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo of the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi) and Dr. Rajnish Kumar of the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras)
  • Mathematical Sciences: This jointly awarded to Dr. Apoorva Khare of the Indian Institute of Science and Dr. Neeraj Kayal of Microsoft Research Lab
  • Medical Sciences: This is awarded to Dr. Dipyaman Ganguli of CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
  • Physical Sciences: This is jointly awarded to Dr. Anindya Das of the Indian Institute of Science and Dr. Basudeb Dasgupta of Physics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

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