Thirteen scientists selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award

31 August 2006

Chennai: Thirteen young scientists have been selected for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for the year 2006. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) awards the prizes — Rs2 lakh cash and a citation — annually to the young scientists for their outstanding scientific contributions in the country.

The winners for the year 2006 are:

Biological Sciences
Dr. Vinod Bhakuni, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

Dr. Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi

Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean & Planetary Sciences
Dr. Gufran-ullah Beig, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune

Dr. Pulak Sengupta, Jadavpur University, Kolkata