Later this month, 33 scientists will be awarded the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar, the current government’s revamped approach to independent India’s long tradition of annually awarding scientists with promise. The rejig is in doing away with the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards, once awarded to scientists under 45 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The list of awardees spans a …
Recently, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research announced the winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards for 2022. A new system of awards The new system, called the ‘Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar’, includes a bouquet of awards: Vigyan Shri, Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, Vigyan Team, and Vigyan Ratna. Importantly, with the exception of the Vigyan Yuva-SSB award – for scientists …
Nearly a year after the Union government decided to cut the number of prizes annually awarded by its science-affiliated Ministries, it has instituted the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar — 56 prizes to felicitate scientists, technologists and innovators. In a country with such with a large science and technology infrastructure, we need many more science awards because they act as incentives for …
