Scientists from IIT Delhi , Bombay, Madras to TIFR among 12 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award winners

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₹5 lakh. The announcement came as a surprise during the launch event of the 'One Week One Lab' program by CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR).

Traditionally, the Bhatnagar Prizes are revealed on September 26, the foundation day of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the organisation that presents these awards. N Kalaiselvi, Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), revealed the names of the 12 awardees, all of whom are male scientists, in the presence of Dr.

Jitendra Singh, Vice President of CSIR, in New Delhi. At the event, N Kalaiselvi acknowledged the crucial role played by the Minister's office (Dr.

Singh), secretaries, and well-wishers in ensuring the timely announcement. “Even though it is not conventional, the announcement of SSB 2022 is historically important, wherein not only CSIR, but the minister’s office (Dr.

Singh) played a very very great and critical role," said N Kalaiselvi. The list of awardees for SSB awards 2022 includes: Ashwani Kumar, CSIR – Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh M Maddika Subba Reddy, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad Akkattu Biju, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Debabrata Maiti, IIT Bombay Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean, and Planetary Sciences Vimal Mishra, IIT Gandhinagar Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, IIT Delhi Rajnish Kumar, IIT Madras Mathematics Apoorva Khare, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Neeraj Kayal, Microsoft Research Lab, India Dipyaman Ganguli, CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Anindya Das, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Basudeb Dasgupta, TIFR Mumbai Last year, the government issued a notification stating the