1st Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Chandrayaan 3 Team wins Team Award
Award and Honour
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The Chandrayaan 3 team of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has won the Vigyan Team Award of the first Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar. The government of India announced the first Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar on 7 August 2024, and it is considered to be one of the highest awards in the field of science, technology, and innovation.
About the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
The Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar was instituted by the government of India in 2023 after scrapping more than 300 awards given by different institutions. The award consists of a medal and a citation; no cash prize is awarded.
The award recognises the contribution of Indian scientists, technologists, and innovators, either individually or in teams, across various fields of science, technology, and technology-led innovation.
Categories
The award is given in four categories: Vigyan Ratna (maximum 3 people), Vigyan Shri (maximum 25), Vigyan Yuva (maximum 25) and Vigyan Team (maximum 3 teams).
Domains
The award is given in 13 domains: Biological Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, Medicine, Engineering Sciences, Agricultural Science, Environmental Science, Technology and Innovation, Atomic Energy, Space Science and Technology, and Others.
When will the award be conferred?
President Drouapdi Murmu will confer the award to the winners at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, on 23 August 2024, on the occasion of National Space Day.
Winners of the 2024 Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
The list of the winners of the first Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar is as follows.
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Serial No |
Award |
Winner |
Field/Domain |
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1 |
Vigyan Ratna |
Prof. Govindarajan Padmanabhan |
Biological Science |
|
2 |
Vigyan Shri |
Dr. Anandharamakrishnan C |
Agricultural Science |
|
3 |
Vigyan Shri |
Dr. Avesh Kumar Tyagi |
Atomic Energy |
|
4 |
Vigyan Shri |
Prof. Umesh Varshney |
Biological Science |
|
5 |
Vigyan Shri |
Prof. Jayant Bhalchandra Udgaonkar |
Biological Science |
|
6 |
Vigyan Shri |
Prof. Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi |
Earth Science |
|
7 |
Vigyan Shri |
Prof. Bhim Singh |
Engineering Sciences |
|
8 |
Vigyan Shri |
Prof. Adimurthi Adi |
Mathematics and Computer Science |
|
9 |
Vigyan Shri |
Prof. Rahul Mukherjee |
Mathematics and Computer Science |
|
10 |
Vigyan Shri |
Dr Sanjay Behari |
Medicine |
|
11 |
Vigyan Shri |
Prof. Lakshmanan Muthusamy |
Physics |
|
12 |
Vigyan Shri |
Prof. Naba Kumar Mondal |
Physics |
|
13 |
Vigyan Shri |
Dr. Annapurni Subramaniam |
Space Science and Technology |
|
14 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Prof. Rohit Srivastava |
Technology and Innovation |
|
15 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Dr. Krishna Murthy S L |
Agricultural Science |
|
16 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Dr. Swarup Kumar Parida |
Agricultural Science |
|
17 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Prof. Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi |
Biological Sciences |
|
18 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Prof. Aravind Penmatsa |
Biological Sciences |
|
19 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar |
Chemistry |
|
20 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Prof. Vishal Rai |
Chemistry |
|
21 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll |
Earth Science |
|
22 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Dr. Abhilash |
Engineering Sciences |
|
23 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Dr. Radha Krishna Ganti |
Engineering Sciences |
|
24 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Dr. Purabi Saikia |
Environmental Science |
|
25 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Dr. Bappi Paul |
Environmental Science |
|
26 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Prof. Mahesh Ramesh Kakde |
Mathematics and Computer Science |
|
27 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Prof. Jitendra Kumar Sahu |
Medicine |
|
28 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Dr. Pragya Dhruv Yadav |
Medicine |
|
29 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Prof. Urbasi Sinha |
Physics |
|
30 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Dr. Digendranath Swain |
Space Science and Technology |
|
31 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Dr. Prashant Kumar |
Space Science and Technology |
|
32 |
Vigyan Yuva |
Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal |
Technology and Innovation |
|
33 |
Vigyan Team |
ISRO - Team Chandrayaan 3 |
Space Science and Technology |
