11 scientists bag INSA awards

NEW DELHI, MAY 22: Eleven young scientists, including three from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, have been s...

NEW DELHI, MAY 22: Eleven young scientists, including three from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, have been selected for this year’s Indian National Science Academy (INSA) medal for young scientists.

Three engineers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) have also been selected for the award, comprising a bronze medal, a certificate and Rs 25,000 each, for their contribution in different streams of engineering science.

Chadrasekhar Khare from the Department of Mathematics and Mahesh Chandran from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science of TIFR have been selected for their contribution in number theory and superconductor research respectively.

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Sandip Ghosh from the Solid State Electronics Group of TIFR has been nominated for his contribution in semi-conductor research.

Pallab Dasgupta from IIT, Kharagpur, has bagged the award for providing theoretical and mathematical framework to solve complex problems in computer science, while Sanjay Mittal fromIIT, Kanpur, has been selected for his work related to aircraft and other moving bodies.

K V Venkatesh from the Chemical Engineering Department of IIT, Mumbai, has been selected for his theoretical and experimental understanding and control pathways of microbial systems.

B Starling Emerald, a post-doctoral fellow at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, has been awarded for studying genetic interactions in `drosiphila’.

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In the field of geoscience, the award goes to Kalpana, a research associate at the Centre of Georesources, University of Delhi, south campus, for her study of reservoir-induced seismicity, with particular applications to Himalayan and Koyna earthquake.

Uma Shankar at Itanagar-based G B Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, has bagged the award for studying nutrient cycling and productivity of diverse grassland ecosystem and their management. Rajiv Agarwal from King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, has been selected for his research in thefield of nose reconstructive surgery.

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