Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar

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Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
Awarded forResearch, technology, innovation
Sponsored byGovt. of India
CountryIndia
Reward(s)Certificate and medallion
First award2024
Website awards.gov.in

Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar is a National Award instituted by the Government of India to recognize the contributions of outstanding researchers in the fields of science, technology and innovation. [1] [2] The award has been the subject of controversy [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] because the final selection of awardees is conducted by a political official, the Minister of Science and Technology, rather than a scientific committee. [11] [12] [13]

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Background

The institution of this award was announced in January 2024 and the names of the first set of awardees were announced in August 2024 and were distributed on 23 August 2024, the National Space Day. [14] The award consists of a certificate signed by the President of India and a medallion.

Eligibility

Scientists, technologists and innovators working in Govt. or private organizations in India who have done highly impactful research, discovery or innovation are eligible for the award. Moreover, such persons of Indian origin and working abroad are also eligible for the award. [2]

The selection process

The nominations for the award are initially scrutinized by a 17-member panel headed by the Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt of India from a list of nominated persons. Other members of the panel are Secretaries of the six Science Ministries/Departments (DST, DBT, CSIR, MoES, DoS and DAE), four select Presidents of the Science and Engineering Academies and six distinguished scientists and technologists from different fields of Science and Technology. Nominations can be made by any individual, institution, State Govts, Depts/Ministries of Govt of India, heads of national science bodies, etc. [2]

The panel recommends names to the Minister of Science and Technology who performs the final selection of awardees. In 2024 the inaugural year of the award, the Minister is believed to have overruled the scientific committee to exclude scientists seen as critical of the government [15] [16] [17] leading several scientists to write to the government objecting to this method of selection. [3] [4] [5] [6] [12]

Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar awardees of the year 2024

The following are the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar awardees of the year 2024. [18] [19]

Sl. No.AwardNameField/DomainInstitute/Organisation/University
1 Vigyan Ratna Award Prof. Govindarajan Padmanabhan Biological SciencesIndian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
2Vigyan Shri Dr. Anandharamakrishnan C Agricultural ScienceCSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram
3Vigyan ShriDr. Avesh Kumar TyagiAtomic EnergyBhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai
4Vigyan Shri Prof. Umesh Varshney Biological SciencesIndian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
5Vigyan Shri Prof. Jayant Bhalchandra Udgaonkar Biological SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER), Pune
6Vigyan Shri Prof. Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi Earth ScienceCSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow
7Vigyan ShriProf. Bhim SinghEngineering SciencesIndian Institute of Technology (IIT-D), Delhi
8Vigyan ShriProf. Adimurthi AdiMathematics and Computer ScienceIndian Institute of Technology (IIT-K), Kanpur
9Vigyan ShriProf. Rahul Mukherjee Rahul Mukerjee Mathematics and Computer ScienceIndian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC)
10Vigyan ShriProf. Dr Sanjay BehariMedicineSree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
11Vigyan Shri Prof. Lakshmanan Muthusamy PhysicsBharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
12Vigyan ShriProf. Naba Kumar MondalPhysicsSaha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
13Vigyan Shri Prof. Annapurni Subramaniam Space Science and TechnologyIndian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru
14Vigyan Shri Prof Rohit Srivastava Technology and InnovationIndian Institute of Technology (IIT-B), Mumbai
15Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. Krishna Murthy S LAgricultural ScienceIndian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad
16Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. Swarup Kumar ParidaAgricultural ScienceNational Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi
17Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardProf. Radhakrishnan MahalakshmiBiological SciencesIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal
18Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardProf. Aravind PenmatsaBiological SciencesIndian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
19Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar ChemistryTata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai
20Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardProf. Vishal RaiChemistryIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal
21Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. Roxy Mathew Koll Earth ScienceIndian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
22Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. AbhilashEngineering SciencesCSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur
23Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. Radha Krishna GantiEngineering SciencesIndian Institute of Technology (IIT-M), Chennai
24Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. Purabi SaikiaEnvironmental ScienceCentral University of Jharkhand, Ranchi
25Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. Bappi PaulEnvironmental ScienceNational Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar
26Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardProf. Mahesh Ramesh Kakde Mathematics and Computer ScienceIndian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
27Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardProf. Jitendra Kumar SahuMedicinePostgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
28Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. Pragya Dhruv Yadav MedicineICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune
29Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardProf. Urbasi Sinha PhysicsRaman Research Institute, Bengaluru
30Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. Digendranath SwainSpace Science and TechnologyISRO-Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Thiruvananthapuram
31Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardDr. Prashant KumarSpace Science and TechnologyISRO-Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
32Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar AwardProf. Prabhu RajagopalTechnology and InnovationIndian Institute of Technology (IIT-M), Chennai
33Vigyan TeamISRO - Team Chandrayaan 3Space Science and TechnologyIndian Space Research Organisation, Bengaluru
34Vigyan ShriDr. Annapurni Subramanian AstrophysicsIndian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru

References

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  19. ↑ "Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Chandrayaan-3 team and 32 others selected for first ever edition". The Economic Times. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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