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CSIR announces winners of Bhatnagar prize

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NEW DELHI: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Friday announced the winners of its prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 2008.

The winners are: Biological sciences – G.P.S. Raghava, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh and L.S.Shashidara, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology; Chemical sciences – Pradeep Thalappil, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, and Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy, IIT, Kanpur; Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences – P.N.Vinayachandran, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Engineering Sciences – Ranjan Kumar Mallik, IIT, Delhi; Mathematical Sciences – Jaikumar Radhakrishnan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai; Medical Sciences – Ravinder Goswami, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, and Physical Sciences – Raghunathan Srianand, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune and Srikanth Sastry, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bangalore.

The Director General of the Council, Samir Brahmachari, announced the winners at a function to mark CSIR’s Foundation Day. The prize comprises of a cash award of Rs. 5 lakh, a citation and a plaque. The Prime Minister will present the awards.

He also announced the winner of the CSIR award for S&T innovations for rural development.

It has been won jointly by the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, and the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar. Instituted in 2006, the award carries a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs, a citation and a shield.

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