G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research

G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research is an award instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation in honour of the Indian philanthropist Ghanshyam Das Birla. The award is given to an outstanding scientific research, mostly during the past 5 years, undertaken by an Indian scientist, who is below the age of 50, living and working in India. It carries a cash prize of ₹1.5 lakhs (0.15 million). The award is given every year and is available for all branches of science including medical science, basic and applied.[1]

Recipients
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Ajay K. Sood
Manindra Agrawal
Biman Bagchi
Thanu Padmanabhan
Rajesh Gopakumar
Year Recipient Field Institution
2018Rajeev Kumar Varshney [2]AgricultureInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad
2017Dr.Rajan Shankarnarayanan structural biologycentre for cellular and molecular biology, Hyderabad
2016Prof. Umesh Vasudeo Waghmare [3]PhysicsTheoretical Science Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
2015Sanjay MittalHigh performance computingIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
2014Sanjeev Galande[4]Cell biologyIndian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Pune
2013Rajesh Gopakumar[5][6]Quantum field theory and string theoryHarish Chandra Research Institute
2012Nibir Mandal[7]Structural geologyJadavpur University
2011Tapas Kumar Kundu[8]BiochemistryJawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
2010Subhasis Chaudhuri[9]Electrical engineeringIndian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
2009Manindra Agrawal[10]Computer scienceIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
2008Raghavan VaradarajanBiophysicsIndian Institute of Science
2007Santanu BhattacharyaChemistryIndian Institute of Science
2006Sriram RamaswamyPhysicsIndian Institute of Science
2005Dipankar Das SarmaNanotechnologyIndian Institute of Science
2004Arun M. JayannvarPhysicsInstitute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
2003Thanu PadmanabhanAstrophysicsInter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
2002P. P. MajumdarHuman geneticsIndian Statistical Institute
2001Seyed E. HasnainMedical geneticsUniversity of Hyderabad
2000Ajay K. SoodExperimental physicsIndian Institute of Science
1999Sankar K. PalComputer engineeringIndian Statistical Institute
1998Not awarded
1997Biman BagchiStructural chemistryIndian Institute of Science
1996Ashoke SenTheoretical physicsHarish-Chandra Research Institute
1995Girish S. AgarwalQuantum opticsPhysical Research Laboratory
1994Padmanabhan BalaramBiochemistryIndian Institute of Science
1993R.A. MashelkarPolymer scienceCouncil of Scientific & Industrial Research
1992Goverdhan MehtaOrganic chemistryIndian Institute of Science
1991Asis DattaMolecular biologyNational Centre for Plant Genome Research

See also

References
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  9. "IIT M prof bags Birla award for scientific research". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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