Biochemist Padmanabhan selected for first Vigyan Ratna award

Celebrated biochemist Govindarajan Padmanabhan has been selected for first Vigyan Ratna Puraskar, the top most science award instituted by the Government this year. The Government on Wednesday August 7 ,announced 33 Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskars, which include 18 Vigyan Yuva Puraskars for young scientists and 13 Vigyan Shri Puraskars and a Vigyan Team award that went to Team Chandrayaan-3. Earlier this year, the Government had instituted the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar recognising outstanding and inspiring scientific, technological and innovation contributions of researchers, technologists and innovators in the field of science, technology and innovation.

The Vigyan Shri awardees are astrophysicist Annapurini Subramanian, agriculture scientist Anandharamakrishnan C, Avesh Kumar Tyagi (Atomic Energy), Prof. Umesh Varshney and Prof. Jayant Bhalchandra Udgaonkar (both in the field of Biological Sciences), Prof. Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi (Earth Sciences), Prof. Bhim Singh (Engineering Sciences), Prof. Adimurthi Adi and Prof. Rahul Mukherjee (Mathematics and Computer Science), Prof. Dr Sanjay Behari (Medicine), Prof. Lakshmanan Muthusamy and Prof. Naba Kumar Mondal (Physics) and Prof. Rohit Srivastava (Technology and Innovation).

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