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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (SSB) for Science and Technology 2021

  • 28 Sep 2021

  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science & Technology was announced by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on 26th September 2021.
  • Every year, CSIR presents this award to scientists below 45 years of age for their contributions in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, medicine, engineering and earth, atmosphere, ocean and planetary sciences.
  • The 2021 SSB winner list did not feature any woman scientist.

Category Winner
Biological Sciences Dr Amit Singh Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
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Dr Arun Kumar Shukla Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
Chemical Sciences Dr Kanishka Biswas International Centre of Materials Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru
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Dr T Govindaraju Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences Dr Binoy Kumar Saikia Coal and Energy Research Group, CSIR North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat
Engineering Sciences Dr Debdeep Mukhopadhyay Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
Mathematical Sciences Dr Anish Ghosh School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
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Dr Saket Saurabh The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Medical Sciences Dr Jeemon Panniyammakal Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal lnstitute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
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Dr Rohit Srivastava Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
Physical Sciences Dr Kanak Saha Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune