The Infosys Prize for 2019 was announced on November 7 at the Infosys campus in Bengaluru.
The award is given annually to honor outstanding achievements of contemporary researchers and scientists across six categories : Engineering and Computer Sciences, Humanities, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences. The prize includes a gold medal, a citation and a purse of $100,000.
The following are this year’s winners:
- Humanities: Manu V. Devadevan, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT-Mandi
- Life Sciences: Manjula Reddy, Chief Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
- Mathematical Sciences: Sidhartha Mishra, Professor, Dept of Mathematics, ETH Zurich
- Physical Sciences: G. Mugesh, Professor, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc Bangalore
- Social Sciences: Anand Pandian, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, John Hopkins University
- Engineering and Computer Science: Sunita Sarawagi, Institute Chair professor, Computer science and Engineering, IIT-Bombay
