India Science Award

India Science Award
Awarded forResearch in science
LocationNew Delhi
Presented byIndian Science Congress Association
Ministry of Science and Technology (India)
First awarded2004

India Science Award is one of the highest and the most prestigious national recognition by the Government of India for outstanding contribution to science. The primary and essential criterion for the award is demonstrated and widely accepted excellence in science. The award covers all areas of research in science including engineering, medicine and agriculture. The prize money is ₹25 lakhs, and it also carries a citation and a gold medal. The award is announced and presented every year at the Indian Science Congress (ISC).[1]

The award was instituted by the 10th Prime Minister of India Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2003.[2][3] The first award, for the year 2004, was given to a renowned chemist Prof CNR Rao, for his works in solid state and material chemistry, by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the inauguration of the 93rd Indian Science Congress on 3 January 2006.[4][5]

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