Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the first director of CSIR, the award honors scientists from the seven disciplines of physics, biology, engineering, mathematics, medicine, chemistry and earth sciences.
Awards
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has announced the names of the winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) awards for 2022, after nearly a year’s delay. The list of 12 scientists across seven categories, chosen for the coveted award in the field of science and technology, was released by CSIR on Monday, September 11.Dr. N Kalaiselvi, Director General of CSIR announced the names of the awardees for the year 2022 at an event in the presence of Union Minister for Science and technology Dr Jitendra Singh.Named after Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the first director of CSIR, the award honours scientists from seven disciplines of physics, biology, engineering, mathematics, medicine, chemistry and earth sciences.
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