Twelve Scientists from IISc, IITs, and CSIR Labs were Chosen for the 2022 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize; Check Details Here

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As many as 12 scientists have been selected for the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2022. The Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technology have once again dominated the list.

Twelve Scientists from IISc, IITs, and CSIR Labs were Chosen for the 2022 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize; Check Details Here

New Delhi: The prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for the year 2022 has been awarded to 12 outstanding individuals who belong from esteemed institutions such as the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), and various Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) labs.

Three scientists selected from IISc Bangalore for the year 2022 are Dr. Akkattu T Biju, Organic Chemistry; Dr. Apoorva Khare, Mathematics; and Dr. Anindya Das, Physics. Scientists who will be awarded from the other institutes are those from IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Gandhi Nagar, CSIR Labs, TIFR, and Microsoft Research Lab India.

IIT Madras	IIT Bombay	IIT Delhi	IIT Gandhi Nagar

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award given by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for exceptional and remarkable research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine, and physics. The award has been given since 1985, and it is named after the Founder Director of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar.

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Prof. Rajnish Kumar from IIT Madras was the winner of the prize this year for his contribution to fundamental understanding of the nucleation and growth of clathrate hydrates, CO2 sequestration in solid hydrates and methane recovery from marine gas hydrates.

According to Prof. Rajnish Kumar, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras “I am extremely honored to receive the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize-2022 in Engineering Sciences. I would like to congratulate others who have also received the same award in different fields of science. This award has been made possible because of the hard work of many students who have worked on their theses in my laboratory at IIT Madras and CSIR-NCL, Pune. I also thank all the collaborators and the funding agencies who supported my research. Natural gas hydrates naturally occur beneath the sea-bed worldwide, and they can also be synthesized in the laboratory to provide technological solutions, from CO2 capture and sequestration to sustainable water purification. IIT Madras is at the forefront of research related to carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration and I believe this recognition for IIT Madras will enable us to contribute more in this field of research.”

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