Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 -1990) 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.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 -1990) Winners List
| Year | Winner Name | State/Country | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Sushil Kumar | Uttar Pradesh | Genetics |
| 1981 | Prafullachandra Vishnu Sane | Uttar Pradesh | Biochemistry |
| 1982 | Sunil Kumar Podder | West Bengal | Biophysics |
| 1982 | Ramamirtha Jayaraman | Tamil Nadu | Microbial genetics |
| 1983 | Govindarajan Padmanaban | Tamil Nadu | Biochemistry |
| 1984 | Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian | Tamil Nadu | Bioenergetics |
| 1984 | K. R. K. Easwaran | Kerala | Biophysics |
| 1985 | C. M. Gupta | Rajasthan | Membrane biology |
| 1985 | Mamannamana Vijayan | Kerala | Structural biology |
| 1986 | Madhav Gadgil | Maharashtra | Conservation biology |
| 1987 | Sudhir Kumar Sopory | Haryana | Plant physiology |
| 1987 | Avadhesha Surolia | Rajasthan | Glycobiology |
| 1988 | Bhabatarak Bhattacharyya | West Bengal | Structural biology |
| 1988 | Manchanahalli Rangaswamy Satyanarayana Rao | Karnataka | Biological Sciences |
| 1989 | Manju Ray | West Bengal | Biochemistry |
| 1989 | Subhash Chandra Lakhotia | Uttar Pradesh | Genetics |
| 1990 | Samir K. Brahmachari | West Bengal | Biophysics |
| 1981 | Dorairajan Balasubramanian | Tamil Nadu | Biochemistry |
| 1981 | Bidyendu Mohan Deb | West Bengal | Theoretical chemistry |
| 1982 | Chunni Lal Khetrapal | Uttar Pradesh | Chemical physics |
| 1982 | G. S. R. Subba Rao | Andhra Pradesh | Organic synthesis |
| 1983 | Naba Kishore Ray | Odisha | Computational chemistry |
| 1983 | Samaresh Mitra | West Bengal | Biological chemistry |
| 1984 | Paramasivam Natarajan | Tamil Nadu | Photochemistry |
| 1984 | Kalya Jagannath Rao | Karnataka | Nanomaterials |
| 1986 | Padmanabhan Balaram | Maharashtra | Biochemistry |
| 1987 | Debashis Mukherjee | West Bengal | Theoretical chemistry |
| 1988 | Kaushal Kishore | Uttar Pradesh | Polymer chemistry |
| 1989 | Srinivasan Chandrasekaran | Tamil Nadu | Organometallic chemistry |
| 1989 | Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri | Assam | Inorganic chemistry |
| 1990 | Narayanasami Sathyamurthy | Tamil Nadu | Theoretical chemistry |
| 1990 | B. M. Choudary | Andhra Pradesh | Nanomaterials |
| 1982 | Kunchithapadam Gopalan | Tamil Nadu | Geochronology |
| 1983 | Syed Mahmood Naqvi | Telangana | Precambrian geology |
| 1983 | Harsh Gupta | Telangana | Seismology |
| 1984 | Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami | Kerala | Geochemistry |
| 1984 | Subhrangsu Kanta Acharyya | West Bengal | Geodynamics |
| 1985 | Rishi Narain Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Geophysical modelling |
| 1986 | Alok Krishna Gupta | West Bengal | Mineralogy |
| 1986 | Kumarendra Mallick | Odisha | Geophysics |
| 1987 | Pramod Sadasheo Moharir | Maharashtra | Signal processing |
| 1988 | Sampat Kumar Tandon | Delhi | Physical stratigraphy |
| 1989 | Prem Chand Pandey | Uttar Pradesh | Polar research, remote sensing |
| 1981 | S. C. Dutta Roy | West Bengal | Signal processing |
| 1982 | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar | Goa | Chemical engineering |
| 1983 | Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme | Maharashtra | Heat transfer |
| 1983 | Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan | Kerala | Space science |
| 1984 | D. D. Bhawalkar | Madhya Pradesh | Optical physics |
| 1984 | Paul Ratnasamy | Tamil Nadu | Catalysis |
| 1985 | Patcha Ramachandra Rao | Uttar Pradesh | Metallurgy |
| 1986 | Manohar Lal Munjal | Punjab | Sound engineering |
| 1987 | Shrikant Lele | Uttar Pradesh | Computational thermodynamics |
| 1988 | Surendra Prasad | Delhi | Signal processing |
| 1988 | B. D. Kulkarni | Maharashtra | Chemical reaction engineering |
| 1989 | Gundabathula Venkateswara Rao | Kerala | Finite element methods |
| 1989 | Srikumar Banerjee | West Bengal | Metallurgy |
| 1990 | Sankar Kumar Pal | West Bengal | Fuzzy neural network |
| 1990 | Gangan Prathap | West Bengal | Structural mechanics |
| 1981 | Jayanta Kumar Ghosh | Andhra Pradesh | Bayesian inference |
| 1982 | B. L. S. Prakasa Rao | Uttar Pradesh | Statistical inference |
| 1982 | Jang Bahadur Shukla | Uttar Pradesh | Mathematical modelling |
| 1983 | Phoolan Prasad | Punjab | Partial differential equations |
| 1983 | Inder Bir Singh Passi | Tamil Nadu | Group theory |
| 1985 | Rajagopalan Parthasarathy | Haryana | Blattner's conjecture |
| 1985 | Surender Kumar Malik | Tamil Nadu | Nonlinear phenomena |
| 1986 | Thiruvenkatachari Parthasarathy | Uttar Pradesh | Game theory |
| 1986 | Udai Bhan Tewari | Maharashtra | Group algebra |
| 1987 | Tarlok Nath Shorey | Tamil Nadu | Number theory |
| 1987 | Raman Parimala | Himachal Pradesh | Algebra |
| 1988 | Mihir Baran Banerjee | West Bengal | Hydrodynamics |
| 1988 | Kalyan Bidhan Sinha | Uttar Pradesh | Mathematical theory of scattering |
| 1989 | Gopal Prasad | Tamil Nadu | Lie groups |
| 1990 | Ramachandran Balasubramanian | Karnataka | Riemann zeta function |
| 1990 | Shrikrishna Gopalrao Dani | Uttar Pradesh | Ergodic theory |
| 1981 | U. C. Chaturvedi | Delhi | Virology |
| 1983 | Indira Nath | Uttar Pradesh | Immunology |
| 1984 | Jagdish Narain Sinha | Uttar Pradesh | Neuropharmacology |
| 1984 | Brahm Shanker Srivastava | West Bengal | Molecular biology |
| 1985 | D. K. Ganguly | Uttar Pradesh | Neurophysiology |
| 1986 | Shyam Swarup Agarwal | Delhi | Immunology |
| 1986 | Pradeep Seth | Haryana | Microbiology |
| 1990 | Maharaj Kishan Bhan | Tamil Nadu | Pediatrics |
| 1981 | Ramanujan Srinivasan | Delhi | Magnetic resonance phenomena |
| 1981 | Shasanka Mohan Roy | Karnataka | High energy physics |
| 1982 | Tiruppattur Venkatachalamurti Ramakrishnan | Uttar Pradesh | Condensed matter physics |
| 1982 | Girish Saran Agarwal | Maharashtra | Quantum optics |
| 1983 | Shyam Sunder Kapoor | Delhi | Nuclear physics |
| 1983 | Ramamurti Rajaraman | North Dakota | Theoretical physics |
| 1984 | Ranganathan Shashidhar | Maharashtra | Liquid crystals |
| 1984 | Ramanath Cowsik | Chhattisgarh | Astroparticle physics |
| 1985 | Narendra Kumar | Uttar Pradesh | Condensed matter physics |
| 1985 | Kehar Singh | Jammu and Kashmir | Nanooptics |
| 1986 | Predhiman Krishan Kaw | West Bengal | Plasma physics |
| 1987 | Probir Roy | Punjab | High energy physics |
| 1987 | Vijay Kumar Kapahi | Delhi | Radio astronomy |
| 1988 | Deepak Kumar | Uttar Pradesh | Condensed matter physics |
| 1988 | Onkar Nath Srivastava | Tamil Nadu | Nanotechnology |
| 1989 | Muthusamy Lakshmanan | Karnataka | Nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory |
| 1989 | N. V. Madhusudana | Madhya Pradesh | Liquid crystals |
| 1990 | Ajay Kumar Sood | Tamil Nadu | Nanotechnology |
| 1990 | Ganapathy Baskaran | Condensed matter physics |
Frequently Asked Questions
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is a Science award. It is given to recognize excellence in Science field. This award holds importance because it highlights achievements and encourages individuals or organizations to perform better in their respective areas.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is awarded for For outstanding, notable research (fundamental or applied) in seven scientific disciplines. This means the award is given to honor outstanding contributions and achievements in this area. It helps promote talent, dedication, and excellence among individuals or groups involved in this field.
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is presented by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India organization or authority is responsible for selecting deserving candidates and maintaining the credibility of the award through a proper evaluation and selection process.
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology was first awarded in 1958. Since then, it has continued to recognize excellence and honor individuals or organizations who have made significant contributions in their respective fields over the years.
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