Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2021:
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize is named after the founder and Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) India, the late Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. It has been christened as the ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology. The award is given each year for outstanding contributions to science and technology. On 26th September 2021, The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize has been presented to 11 scientists for outstanding contributions to science and technology during the 80th foundation day of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize was named after Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar who was the founder and Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) India.
List of Recipients: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2021-
The list of the recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology 2021
S.N. | Winner Name | Category/ Field |
1. | Dr. Amit Singh, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | Biological Sciences |
2. | Dr. Arun Kumar Shukla, Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Biological Sciences |
3. | Dr Kanishka Biswas, International Centre of Materials Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru | Chemical Sciences |
4. | Dr T Govindaraju, Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru | Chemical Sciences |
5. | Dr Binoy Kumar Saikia, Coal and Energy Research Group, CSIR North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat | Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences |
6. | Dr Debdeep Mukhopadhyay, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Engineering Sciences |
7. | Dr Anish Ghosh, School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai | Mathematical Sciences |
8. | Dr Saket Saurabh, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai | Mathematical Sciences |
9. | Dr Jeemon Panniyammakal, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram | Medical Sciences |
10. | Dr Rohit Srivastava – Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Medical Sciences |
11. | Dr Kanak Saha, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune | Physical Sciences |