National Film Award for Best Scientific Film

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National Film Award for Best Scientific Film
National award for contributions to short film
Sponsored by Directorate of Film Festivals
Formerly calledBest Scientific Film (including Environment and Ecology) (1984–90)
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹50,000
First award1984
Final award2021
Most recent winnerEthos of Darkness
Highlights
Total awarded21
First winnerAranya Aamar

The National Film Award for Best Scientific Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

Contents

The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film and National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues and National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film, and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values. [1]

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

Awards legends
Indicates a joint award for that year
List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s)
YearFilm(s)Language(s)Producer(s)Director(s)Refs.
1984
(32nd) 		Aranya Aamar Bengali West Bengal Ministry of Forest Tarun Majumdar
1985
(33rd) 		Power to the PeopleEnglishB. N. MehraK. Balakrishnan Nair [2]
1986
(34th) 		Kaamdhenu RedeemedEnglish •Radha Narayanan
 •Mohi-Ud-Din Mirza		Mohi-Ud-Din Mirza [3]
1987
(35th) 		A Cooperative for Snake CatchersEnglishEco Media Pvt Ltd • Romulus Whitaker
 •Shekar Dattatri		 [4]
1988
(36th) 		Reconstructive Surgery Leprosy (Hand)EnglishJal MehtaAnil Revankar [5]
1989
(37th) 		Neuropathic Foot in LeprosyEnglishJal MehtaVishram Revankar [6]
1990
(38th) 		Biotechnology: Some PossibilitiesEnglishGul Bahar Singh for Films Division Nishith Banerjee [7]
1991
(39th) 		Silent Valley: An Indian Rain forestEnglishEco Media Pvt Ltd •Shekar Dattatri
 •Revati Mukherjee		 [8]
1992
(40th) 		Chunauti Marathi D. G. Information and Public Relations, Government of Maharashtra Dinkar Chowdhary [9]
1993
(41st) 		No Award [10]
1994
(42nd) 		Another Way of LearningEnglishComet Media FoundationChandita Mukherjee [11]
1995
(43rd) 		A Celestial Tryst
(N. M. No. 291)		EnglishY. N. Engineer for Films DivisionY. N. Engineer for Films Division [12]
1996
(44th) 		No Award [13]
1997
(45th) 		AyurvedaEnglishD. Gautaman for Films DivisionBhanumurthy Alur [14]
Cancer Hindi Bhanumurthy Alur for Films DivisionC. K. M. Rao
1998
(46th) 		No Award [15]
1999
(47th) 		No Award [16]
2000
(48th) 		Vedic MathematicsEnglishBhanumurthy Alur for Films DivisionK. Jagjivan Ram for Films Division [17]
2001
(49th) 		No Award [18]
2002
(50th) 		No Award [19]
2003
(51st) 		The 18 Elephant: Three Monologues† Malayalam Savithri DivakaranP. Balan [20]
2004
(52nd) 		Timeless Traveller-The Horseshoe Crab†English Riverbank Studios Gautam Pandey [21]
2005
(53rd) 		Under This Sun†BengaliNilanjan BhattacharyaNilanjan Bhattacharya [22]
2006
(54th) 		Kalpavriksha: Legacy of Forests†English Mike Pandey Nina Subramani [23]
2007
(55th) 		No Award [24]
2008
(56th) 		TripEnglish FTII Emmanuel Palo [25]
2009
(57th) 		No Award [26]
2010
(58th) 		Heart to HeartManipuri and EnglishRotary Club of ImphalBachaspatimayum Sunzu [27]
2011
(59th) 		No Award [28]
2012
(60th) 		No Award [29]
2013
(61st) 		The Pad PiperEnglishAkanksha Sood SinghAkanksha Sood Singh [30]
2014
(62nd) 		No Award [31]
2015
(63rd) 		No Award [32]
2016
(64th) 		No Award [33]
2017
(65th) 		No Award
2018
(66th) 		G. D. Naidu: The Edison of IndiaEnglish Films Division of India K. Ranjith Kumar [34]
2019
(67th) 		No Award [35]
2020
(68th) 		On the Brink Season 2 –BatsEnglishThe Gaia PeopleAkanksha Sood Singh [36]
2021
(69th) 		Ethos of DarknessSri Ganesh ProductionsAvijit Banerjee [37]

References

  1. ↑ Under Secretary to the Government of India (14 December 2023). "Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Government of India". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "33rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "35th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "36th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "37th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "38th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  19. ↑ "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  20. ↑ "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  21. ↑ "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  22. ↑ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  23. ↑ "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  24. ↑ "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  25. ↑ "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  26. ↑ "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  27. ↑ "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  28. ↑ "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  29. ↑ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  30. ↑ "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  31. ↑ "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  32. ↑ "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  33. ↑ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  34. ↑ "66th National Film Awards for 2018 announced". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  35. ↑ "67th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  36. ↑ "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  37. ↑ "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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