Prof. Thalappil Pradeep of IIT Madras won the international EniAward: Prof. T. Pradeep from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has won the prestigious Eni Award 2023.
Previous awardees include Nobel laureates, Sir Harold W. Kroto, Alan Heeger and Theodor Wolfgang HA¤nsch as well as Prof. C.N.R. Rao, a Bharat Ratna Awardee. The strict award guidelines and a selection committee including Nobel laureates make Eni award a coveted honour.
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Reason: To discover the advanced sustainable and affordable nano-scale materials for the removal of toxic contaminants from water. The discovered technologies are both sustainable and cost-effective and have been implemented as drinking water solutions benefitting 1.3 million people in India every day,” the citation stated.
Eni Award is considered among the top global honors for scientific research in energy and environment. It is given in three categories-Energy Transition, Energy Frontiers and Advanced Environmental Solutions.
Eni Awards are given in three categories; Energy Transition, Energy Frontiers and Advanced Environmental Solutions. Yu Huang, University of California (Los Angeles, USA) and Jeffrey R. Long, University of California (Berkeley, USA) were given the award for the first category. Matthew Rosseinsky, University of Liverpool (UK) won the award for the second category. Prof. Pradeep has been awarded for Advanced Environmental Solutions.
