Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990)

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Name	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Type	Science Awards
Award For	For outstanding, notable research (fundamental or applied) in seven scientific disciplines
Award By	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India
First	1958
Last	2024
Status	Active
Country	India

About Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990)

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) was a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in six categories. It was the highest, most prestigious and coveted prize given in the area of multidisciplinary science in India.

The award is named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) India, the late Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and is known as the ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology’. The Prize is given each year for outstanding contributions to science and technology.

History of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990)

Within India's science ecosystem, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize occupies a distinct niche: unlike lifetime honours awarded late in a career, it targets researchers still under forty-five, marking early promise rather than retrospective achievement. Many recipients go on to lead national laboratories, hold prominent academy fellowships, or shape government science policy in the decades after their win. First given in 1958, the award has tracked the rise of Indian science across seven fields, and being named a laureate is widely treated as a signal of a researcher's future trajectory.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990) Winners List

This Winners List features 101 winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990), from 1981 to 1990.

Year	Winner Name	State, Country	Fields	Disciplines

1990	Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan Also won: Padma Bhushan	Haryana, India	Pediatrics	Medical Science
1990	Samir K. Brahmachari	West Bengal, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
1990	Narayanasami Sathyamurthy	Tamil Nadu, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1990	B. M. Choudary	Andhra Pradesh, India	Nanomaterials	Chemical Science
1990	Sankar Kumar Pal	West Bengal, India	Fuzzy Neural Network	Engineering Science
1990	Gangan Prathap	Maharashtra, India	Structural Mechanics	Engineering Science
1990	Ramachandran Balasubramanian	Tamil Nadu, India	Riemann Zeta Function	Mathematical Science
1990	Shrikrishna Gopalrao Dani	Karnataka, India	Ergodic Theory	Mathematical Science
1990	Ajay Kumar Sood	Madhya Pradesh, India	Nanotechnology	Physical Science
1990	Ganapathy Baskaran	Tamil Nadu, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1989	Manju Ray	West Bengal, India	Biochemistry	Biological Science
1989	Subhash Chandra Lakhotia	Uttar Pradesh, India	Genetics	Biological Science
1989	Srinivasan Chandrasekaran	Tamil Nadu, India	Organometallic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1989	Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri	Assam, India	Inorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1989	Prem Chand Pandey	Uttar Pradesh, India	Polar Research, Remote Sensing	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1989	Gundabathula Venkateswara Rao	Kerala, India	Finite Element Methods	Engineering Science
1989	Srikumar Banerjee	West Bengal, India	Metallurgy	Engineering Science
1989	Gopal Prasad	Uttar Pradesh, India	Lie Groups	Mathematical Science
1989	Muthusamy Lakshmanan	Tamil Nadu, India	Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos Theory	Physical Science
1989	N. V. Madhusudana	Karnataka, India	Liquid Crystals	Physical Science
1988	Bhabatarak Bhattacharyya	West Bengal, India	Structural Biology	Biological Science
1988	Manchanahalli Rangaswamy Satyanarayana Rao	Karnataka, India	Biological Sciences	Biological Science
1988	Kaushal Kishore	Uttar Pradesh, India	Polymer Chemistry	Chemical Science
1988	Sampat Kumar Tandon	Delhi, India	Physical Stratigraphy	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1988	Surendra Prasad	Delhi, India	Signal Processing	Engineering Science
1988	B. D. Kulkarni	Maharashtra, India	Chemical Reaction Engineering	Engineering Science
1988	Mihir Baran Banerjee	Himachal Pradesh, India	Hydrodynamics	Mathematical Science
1988	Kalyan Bidhan Sinha	West Bengal, India	Mathematical Theory Of Scattering	Mathematical Science
1988	Deepak Kumar	Delhi, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1988	Onkar Nath Srivastava	Uttar Pradesh, India	Nanotechnology	Physical Science
1987	Sudhir Kumar Sopory	Haryana, India	Plant Physiology	Biological Science
1987	Avadhesha Surolia	Rajasthan, India	Glycobiology	Biological Science
1987	Debashis Mukherjee	West Bengal, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1987	Pramod Sadasheo Moharir	Maharashtra, India	Signal Processing	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1987	Shrikant Lele	Uttar Pradesh, India	Computational Thermodynamics	Engineering Science
1987	Tarlok Nath Shorey	Maharashtra, India	Number Theory	Mathematical Science
1987	Raman Parimala	Tamil Nadu, India	Algebra	Mathematical Science
1987	Probir Roy	West Bengal, India	High Energy Physics	Physical Science
1987	Vijay Kumar Kapahi	Punjab, India	Radio Astronomy	Physical Science
1986	Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram Also won: Padma Bhushan	Maharashtra, India	Biochemistry	Chemical Science
1986	Prof. Madhav Gadgil Also won: Padma Bhushan	Maharashtra, India	Conservation Biology	Biological Science
1986	Alok Krishna Gupta	West Bengal, India	Mineralogy	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1986	Kumarendra Mallick	Odisha, India	Geophysics	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1986	Manohar Lal Munjal	Punjab, India	Sound Engineering	Engineering Science
1986	Thiruvenkatachari Parthasarathy	Tamil Nadu, India	Game Theory	Mathematical Science
1986	Udai Bhan Tewari	Uttar Pradesh, India	Group Algebra	Mathematical Science
1986	Shyam Swarup Agarwal	Uttar Pradesh, India	Immunology	Medical Science
1986	Pradeep Seth	Delhi, India	Microbiology	Medical Science
1986	Predhiman Krishan Kaw	Jammu and Kashmir, India	Plasma Physics	Physical Science
1985	C. M. Gupta	Rajasthan, India	Membrane Biology	Biological Science
1985	Mamannamana Vijayan	Kerala, India	Structural Biology	Biological Science
1985	Rishi Narain Singh	Uttar Pradesh, India	Geophysical Modelling	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1985	Patcha Ramachandra Rao	Uttar Pradesh, India	Metallurgy	Engineering Science
1985	Rajagopalan Parthasarathy	Tamil Nadu, India	Blattner'S Conjecture	Mathematical Science
1985	Surender Kumar Malik	Haryana, India	Nonlinear Phenomena	Mathematical Science
1985	D. K. Ganguly	West Bengal, India	Neurophysiology	Medical Science
1985	Narendra Kumar	Chhattisgarh, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1985	Kehar Singh	Uttar Pradesh, India	Nanooptics	Physical Science
1984	Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian	Tamil Nadu, India	Bioenergetics	Biological Science
1984	K. R. K. Easwaran	Kerala, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
1984	Paramasivam Natarajan	Tamil Nadu, India	Photochemistry	Chemical Science
1984	Kalya Jagannath Rao	Karnataka, India	Nanomaterials	Chemical Science
1984	Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami	Kerala, India	Geochemistry	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1984	Subhrangsu Kanta Acharyya	West Bengal, India	Geodynamics	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1984	D. D. Bhawalkar	Madhya Pradesh, India	Optical Physics	Engineering Science
1984	Paul Ratnasamy	Tamil Nadu, India	Catalysis	Engineering Science
1984	Jagdish Narain Sinha	Uttar Pradesh, India	Neuropharmacology	Medical Science
1984	Brahm Shanker Srivastava	Uttar Pradesh, India	Molecular Biology	Medical Science
1984	Ranganathan Shashidhar	North Dakota, United States	Liquid Crystals	Physical Science
1984	Ramanath Cowsik	Maharashtra, India	Astroparticle Physics	Physical Science
1983	Prof. Govindarajan Padmanabhan Also won: Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar , Padma Bhushan	Tamil Nadu, India	Biochemistry	Biological Science
1983	Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan Also won: Padma Bhushan , Padma Vibhushan	Kerala, India	Space Science	Engineering Science
1983	Naba Kishore Ray	Odisha, India	Computational Chemistry	Chemical Science
1983	Samaresh Mitra	West Bengal, India	Biological Chemistry	Chemical Science
1983	Syed Mahmood Naqvi	Telangana, India	Precambrian Geology	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1983	Harsh Gupta	Telangana, India	Seismology	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1983	Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme	Maharashtra, India	Heat Transfer	Engineering Science
1983	Phoolan Prasad	Uttar Pradesh, India	Partial Differential Equations	Mathematical Science
1983	Inder Bir Singh Passi	Punjab, India	Group Theory	Mathematical Science
1983	Indira Nath	Delhi, India	Immunology	Medical Science
1983	Shyam Sunder Kapoor	Maharashtra, India	Nuclear Physics	Physical Science
1983	Ramamurti Rajaraman	Delhi, India	Theoretical Physics	Physical Science
1982	Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar Also won: Padma Bhushan , Padma Vibhushan	Goa, India	Chemical Engineering	Engineering Science
1982	Sunil Kumar Podder	West Bengal, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
1982	Ramamirtha Jayaraman	Tamil Nadu, India	Microbial Genetics	Biological Science
1982	Chunni Lal Khetrapal	Uttar Pradesh, India	Chemical Physics	Chemical Science
1982	G. S. R. Subba Rao	Andhra Pradesh, India	Organic Synthesis	Chemical Science
1982	Kunchithapadam Gopalan	Tamil Nadu, India	Geochronology	Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science
1982	B. L. S. Prakasa Rao	Andhra Pradesh, India	Statistical Inference	Mathematical Science
1982	Jang Bahadur Shukla	Uttar Pradesh, India	Mathematical Modelling	Mathematical Science
1982	Tiruppattur Venkatachalamurti Ramakrishnan	Karnataka, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1982	Girish Saran Agarwal	Uttar Pradesh, India	Quantum Optics	Physical Science
1981	Sushil Kumar	Uttar Pradesh, India	Genetics	Biological Science
1981	Prafullachandra Vishnu Sane	Uttar Pradesh, India	Biochemistry	Biological Science
1981	Dorairajan Balasubramanian	Tamil Nadu, India	Biochemistry	Chemical Science
1981	Bidyendu Mohan Deb	West Bengal, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1981	S. C. Dutta Roy	West Bengal, India	Signal Processing	Engineering Science
1981	Jayanta Kumar Ghosh	West Bengal, India	Bayesian Inference	Mathematical Science
1981	U. C. Chaturvedi	Uttar Pradesh, India	Virology	Medical Science
1981	Ramanujan Srinivasan	Tamil Nadu, India	Magnetic Resonance Phenomena	Physical Science
1981	Shasanka Mohan Roy	Delhi, India	High Energy Physics	Physical Science

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990) Award Chart by Fields

This chart tracks Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990) winners by year from 1981 to 1990, spanning 10 years, with the most wins (12) recorded in 1983.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990) Award Chart by Disciplines

This chart groups 101 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990) winners by Disciplines, across 7 distinct entries — Physical Science leads with 19 wins.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990) Award FAQs

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990) covers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology winners from 1981 to 1990.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990) is part of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, a Science Awards award.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is awarded for For outstanding, notable research (fundamental or applied) in seven scientific disciplines.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990) is presented by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology was first awarded in 1958.

The most recent Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology was awarded in 2024.

Yes, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is currently active.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1981 - 1990) is associated with India.