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- ↑ "Dr. N. Kalaiselvi, DG, CSIR announces Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for S&T 2022". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ↑ "ICTP Prize Winners 2019". The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.
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