H. K. Firodia Awards | |
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Award for individual contributions to Science and Technology | |
Sponsored by | H. K. Firodia Foundation |
Reward(s) | ₹2 lakhs and ₹1 lakh |
First awarded | 1996 |
Last awarded | 2014 |
Highlights | |
Total awarded | 40 |
Website |
hkfirodiaawards |
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:
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.
Source: H K Firodia Foundation Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Year | Name | Subject |
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1996 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | Engineering & Space |
Vijay P. Bhatkar | Computer Science | |
1997 | C. N. R. Rao | Chemistry |
Anil Kakodkar | Nuclear | |
1998 | Rajagopala Chidambaram | Nuclear |
S. K. Sikka | Nuclear | |
1999 | Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan | Engineering & Space |
Paul Ratnasamy | Chemistry | |
Man Mohan Sharma | Chemistry | |
2000 | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar | Engineering & Space |
D. D. Bhawalkar | Nuclear | |
2001 | Govind Swarup | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal | Engineering & Space | |
2002 | M. S. Valiathan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
Ashok Jhunjhunwala | Computer Science | |
2003 | Prakash Narain Tandon | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
Padmanabhan Balaram | Chemistry | |
2004 | Obaid Siddiqi | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
T. S. Prahlad | Engineering & Space | |
2005 | M. S. Swaminathan | Agriculture |
G. Madhavan Nair | Engineering & Space | |
Ashoke Sen | Mathematics | |
2006 | Jayant Narlikar | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Shivram Bhoje | Nuclear | |
2007 | Madhav Gadgil | Ecology |
Samir K. Brahmachari | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics | |
2008 | Raghavendra Gadagkar | Ecology |
C. S. Seshadri | Mathematics | |
2009 | Yash Pal | Physics |
Mylswamy Annadurai | Engineering & Space | |
2010 | Goverdhan Mehta | Chemistry |
Ajay K. Sood | Physics | |
2011 | Roddam Narasimha | Engineering & Space |
Manindra Agrawal | Mathematics | |
2012 | T. V. Ramakrishnan | Physics |
K. VijayRaghavan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics | |
2013 | Dipankar Das Sarma | Nano Technology |
M. S. Narasimhan | Mathematics | |
2014 | Maharaj Kishan Bhan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
Devang Khakar | Chemistry | |
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 | |
2019 | K. Sivan | Aerospace engineering |
Shekhar Mande | Structural and Computational Biology |
H. K. Firodia Awards | |
---|---|
Award for individual contributions to Science and Technology | |
Sponsored by | H. K. Firodia Foundation |
Reward(s) | ₹2 lakhs and ₹1 lakh |
First awarded | 1996 |
Last awarded | 2014 |
Highlights | |
Total awarded | 40 |
Website |
hkfirodiaawards |
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:
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.
Source: H K Firodia Foundation Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Year | Name | Subject |
---|---|---|
1996 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | Engineering & Space |
Vijay P. Bhatkar | Computer Science | |
1997 | C. N. R. Rao | Chemistry |
Anil Kakodkar | Nuclear | |
1998 | Rajagopala Chidambaram | Nuclear |
S. K. Sikka | Nuclear | |
1999 | Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan | Engineering & Space |
Paul Ratnasamy | Chemistry | |
Man Mohan Sharma | Chemistry | |
2000 | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar | Engineering & Space |
D. D. Bhawalkar | Nuclear | |
2001 | Govind Swarup | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal | Engineering & Space | |
2002 | M. S. Valiathan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
Ashok Jhunjhunwala | Computer Science | |
2003 | Prakash Narain Tandon | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
Padmanabhan Balaram | Chemistry | |
2004 | Obaid Siddiqi | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
T. S. Prahlad | Engineering & Space | |
2005 | M. S. Swaminathan | Agriculture |
G. Madhavan Nair | Engineering & Space | |
Ashoke Sen | Mathematics | |
2006 | Jayant Narlikar | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Shivram Bhoje | Nuclear | |
2007 | Madhav Gadgil | Ecology |
Samir K. Brahmachari | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics | |
2008 | Raghavendra Gadagkar | Ecology |
C. S. Seshadri | Mathematics | |
2009 | Yash Pal | Physics |
Mylswamy Annadurai | Engineering & Space | |
2010 | Goverdhan Mehta | Chemistry |
Ajay K. Sood | Physics | |
2011 | Roddam Narasimha | Engineering & Space |
Manindra Agrawal | Mathematics | |
2012 | T. V. Ramakrishnan | Physics |
K. VijayRaghavan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics | |
2013 | Dipankar Das Sarma | Nano Technology |
M. S. Narasimhan | Mathematics | |
2014 | Maharaj Kishan Bhan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
Devang Khakar | Chemistry | |
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 | |
2019 | K. Sivan | Aerospace engineering |
Shekhar Mande | Structural and Computational Biology |