H. K. Firodia Awards
Award for individual contributions to Science and Technology
Sponsored byH. K. Firodia Foundation
Reward(s)₹2 lakhs and ₹1 lakh
First awarded1996
Last awarded2014
Highlights
Total awarded40
Websitehkfirodiaawards.org

H. K. Firodia Awards for excellence in science and technology are given annually by the H. K. Firodia Foundation. The awards were initiated in 1996 to recognize achievements by Indian scientists in any field of science, and aim to promote a scientific spirit among young Indians.

The awards are given at a ceremony in Pune, at hands of eminent chief guests such as Kapil Sibal, Mukesh Ambani, Verghese Kurien.

There are 2 awards every year:

  • Award I: The main award is given to a person in recognition of his lifetime achievement and for his original contribution to the field of science & technology
  • Award II: The second award is given to young and promising innovators, scientist and technologists who are also original contributors

The awards are given to any Indian citizen who has made original and outstanding contribution and done world class work in the field of science & technology and distinguished himself; the excellence may relate to any field of scientific endeavour from agriculture, engineering and medical sciences to space and environmental sciences.

List of awardees

Source: H K Firodia Foundation Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

Year Name Subject
1996A. P. J. Abdul KalamEngineering & Space
Vijay P. BhatkarComputer Science
1997C. N. R. RaoChemistry
Anil KakodkarNuclear
1998Rajagopala ChidambaramNuclear
S. K. SikkaNuclear
1999Krishnaswamy KasturiranganEngineering & Space
Paul RatnasamyChemistry
Man Mohan SharmaChemistry
2000Raghunath Anant MashelkarEngineering & Space
D. D. BhawalkarNuclear
2001Govind SwarupAstronomy & Astrophysics
Ramanujam Varatharaja PerumalEngineering & Space
2002M. S. ValiathanLife Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
Ashok JhunjhunwalaComputer Science
2003Prakash Narain TandonLife Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
Padmanabhan BalaramChemistry
2004Obaid SiddiqiLife Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
T. S. PrahladEngineering & Space
2005M. S. SwaminathanAgriculture
G. Madhavan NairEngineering & Space
Ashoke SenMathematics
2006Jayant NarlikarAstronomy & Astrophysics
Shivram BhojeNuclear
2007Madhav GadgilEcology
Samir K. BrahmachariLife Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
2008Raghavendra GadagkarEcology
C. S. SeshadriMathematics
2009Yash PalPhysics
Mylswamy AnnaduraiEngineering & Space
2010Goverdhan MehtaChemistry
Ajay K. SoodPhysics
2011Roddam NarasimhaEngineering & Space
Manindra AgrawalMathematics
2012T. V. RamakrishnanPhysics
K. VijayRaghavanLife Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
2013Dipankar Das SarmaNano Technology
M. S. NarasimhanMathematics
2014Maharaj Kishan BhanLife Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
Devang KhakarChemistry
2015 Baldev Raj Nuclear
Krishna N. Ganesh Chemistry
2016 Sriram Ramaswamy Physics
Sanjeev Dhurandhar Astrophysics
2017[1] A S Kiran Kumar[1] Aeronautics
Ashutosh Sharma Nanotechnology
2018[2] Sandip Trivedi Theoretical physics
Satyajit Mayor Biology

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "H. K. Firodia Awards 2017". H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Scientists honoured with HK Firodia awards in Pune". Hindustan Times. 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
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