14 scientists awarded Swarna Jayanti Fellowships

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New Delhi : The Swarna Jayanti Fellowships have been awarded to 14 Scientists associated with projects containing innovative research idea and with potential of making impact on R&D in the respective disciplines. The scientists, selected for the award through a rigorous three-tier process, will be allowed to pursue unfettered research with freedom and flexibility.

The Swarna Jayanti Fellowships scheme was instituted by Government of India to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of independence. Under this scheme, a selected number of young scientists with proven track record, are provided special assistance and support to enable them to pursue basic research in frontier areas of science and technology.

The awardees are supported by Department of Science & Technology for fellowship and research. This will cover all the requirements for performing the research and includes a fellowship of Rs 25,000 per month as well as a research grant of Rs 5 lakh for 5 years in addition to their salary.  Out of the 443 applicants, 14 scientists have been finally selected this time for this scientist specific fellowship, according to a PIB release.

The 14 awardees are : Dr. Sheetal Gandotra from CSIR; Dr. Jitender Giri from National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Dr. Rakesh Singh Laishram from Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram; Dr. Vishal Rai from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal; Dr. Kanishka Biswas from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru; Dr. Gopalan Rajaraman from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai; Dr. Apoorva Khare from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Dr. Mahender Singh from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ,Mohali; Dr. Subimal Ghosh from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai; Dr. Smarajit Karmakar from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research-Hyderabad; Dr. Arjun Bagchi from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; Dr. Anindya Das from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Dr. Yogesh Simmhan from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; and Dr. Shweta Agrawal from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai.