Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Overview
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) was a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in six categories. It was the highest, most prestigious and coveted prize given in the area of multidisciplinary science in India.
The award is named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) India, the late Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and is known as the ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology’. The Prize is given each year for outstanding contributions to science and technology.
List of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners 1958 - 1960
In the year 1958 - 1960 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India announced 13 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology awardees/recipients. Here is the list of the 13 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology award winners for 1958 - 1960:
| Year | Winner Name | State/Country | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan | Tamil Nadu | Plant pathology |
| 1960 | T. R. Govindachari | Tamil Nadu | Bioorganic chemistry |
| 1960 | Homi Nusserwanji Sethna | Maharashtra | Chemical engineering |
| 1959 | K. S. Chandrasekharan | Andhra Pradesh | Number theory |
| 1959 | Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao | Karnataka | Cramér–Rao bound |
| 1960 | Janak Raj Talwar | Punjab | Cardiothoracic surgery |
| 1960 | Ajit Kumar Maiti | West Bengal | Neurophysiology |
| 1960 | Om Dutt Gulati | Gujarat | Pharmacology |
| 1960 | Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal | Karnataka | Endocrinology |
| 1960 | Turaga Desiraju | Andhra Pradesh | Neurophysiology |
| 1960 | Perdur Radhakantha Adiga | Karnataka | Reproductive biology |
| 1958 | Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan | Tamil Nadu | Raman scattering |
| 1960 | M. G. K. Menon | Kerala | Particle physics |
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