Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards
 

News: Recently, the CSIR announced the list of awardees for the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) awards for 2022.

What are the awards?
• The award is named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) India, the late Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar.
• The Prize is given each year for outstanding contributions to science and technology.
• It carries a prize amount of Rs 5,00,000
• It is given for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental in the following discipline - (i) Biological Sciences, (ii) Chemical Sciences, (iii) Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, (iv) Engineering Sciences, (v) Mathematical Sciences, (vi) Medical Sciences and (vii) Physical Sciences.

Who is eligible?
• Any citizen of India engaged in research in anyfield of science and technology up to the age of 45 years as reckoned on 31st December of the year preceding the year of the Prize.
• Overseas citizens of India (OCI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) working in India are also eligible.
• The Prize is awarded on the basis of contributions made through work done primarily in India during the five years preceding the year of the Prize.