G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research
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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
| Year | Recipient | Field | Institute |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sanjeev Galande[2] | Scientific Research | Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER), Pune |
| 2013 | Rajesh Gopakumar[3][4] | Quantum field theory and string theory | Harish Chandra Research Institute |
| 2012 | Nibir Mandal[5] | Structural geology | Jadavpur University |
| 2011 | Tapas Kumar Kundu[6] | Biochemistry | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research |
| 2010 | Subhasis Chaudhuri[7] | Electrical engineering | Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai |
| 2009 | Manindra Agrawal[8] | Computer science | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur |
| 2008 | Raghavan Varadrajan | Biophysics | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 2007 | Santanu Bhattacharya | Chemistry | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 2006 | Sriram Ramaswamy | Physics | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 2005 | D.D. Sarma | Nanotechnology | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 2004 | Arjun M. Jayannvar | Physics | Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar |
| 2003 | Thanu Padmanabhan | Astrophysics | Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune |
| 2002 | P.P. Majumdar | Human genetics | Indian Statistical Institute |
| 2001 | Seyed E. Hasnain | Medical genetics | University of Hyderabad |
| 2000 | A.K. Sood | Experimental physics | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 1999 | Sankar K. Pal | Computer engineering | Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata |
| 1998 | Not awarded | ||
| 1997 | Biman Bagchi | Structural chemistry | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 1996 | Ashoke Sen | Theoretical physics | Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad |
| 1995 | Girish S. Agarwal | Quantum optics | Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad |
| 1994 | Padmanabhan Balaram | Biochemistry | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 1993 | R.A. Mashelkar | Polymer science | Council of Scientific & Industrial Research |
| 1992 | Goverdhan Mehta | Organic chemistry | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 1991 | Asis Datta | Molecular biology | National Centre for Plant Genome Research, JNU |
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