December 2012

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on its 70th Foundation Day celebration greeted the scientists aged above 70 years with research fellowships. The fellowship will offer a sum of Rs 20 lakh per year for continuous 5 years to scientists who will guide students and publish research papers. A scientist who has won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is eligible for the fellowship program. Samir Brahmachari the Director-General of CSIR said that advantage of the services of scientists, who remain active even after the age of 70 years, should be taken. At present there are about 10 scientists who are eligible for the fellowship program. On the 70th Anniversary of CSIR Dr. Brahmachari also announced the names of scientists who have won Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2012. The name includes:

1. Suman Kumar Dhar of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (Biological Sciences)

2. Shantanu Chowdhury of the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology

3. Ravi Shankar Narayanan of the Indian Institute of Science

4. Govindasamy Mugesh of the Indian Institute of Science

5. Gangadhar J. Sanjayan of the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (Chemical Sciences)

6. Sandip Basu of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Medical Sciences)

7. Shanti Pavan of the IIT, Madras (Engineering Sciences)

8. Siva Ramachandran Athreya of the Indian Statistical Institute (Mathematical Sciences)

9. Arindam Ghosh of the Indian Institute of Science

10. Debashish Goswami of the Indian Statistical Institute (Mathematical Sciences)

11. Krishendu Sengupta of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (Physical Sciences)

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