Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science

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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 for Science and Technology in Biological Science

This award recognizes outstanding Indian scientists for their exceptional research contributions in the field of Biological Sciences. It honors achievements in areas such as molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, and biotechnology. Recipients of this prize have significantly advanced our understanding of life processes and biological systems.

History of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science

Awarded annually by India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, this category of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recognises outstanding research in the biological sciences by an Indian scientist. Named after CSIR's founding director, the prize has honoured biologists since 1958 across genetics, physiology, microbiology, ecology, and biotechnology. Candidates must be under forty-five and have completed the work in India during the preceding five years. Announced each September on CSIR Foundation Day, it remains one of India's most prestigious early-career honours in the life sciences.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science Winners List

This Winners List features 105 winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science, from 1960 to 2022.

Year	Winner Name	State, Country	Fields	Disciplines

2022	Ashwani Kumar	Delhi, India	Microbial Technology	Biological Science
2022	Maddika Subba Reddy	Telangana, India	DNA Fingerprinting Diagnostics	Biological Science
2021	Amit Singh	Karnataka, India	Microbiology And Biochemistry	Biological Science
2021	Arun Kumar Shukla	Uttar Pradesh, India	Structural Biology, Cellular Signaling, Pharmacology Membrane Proteins, G Protein	Biological Science
2020	Subhadeep Chatterjee	West Bengal, India	Molecular Microbiology And Host–Pathogen Interaction	Biological Science
2020	Vatsala Thirumalai	Tamil Nadu, India	Neuroscience	Biological Science
2019	Soumen Basak	West Bengal, India	Immunology	Biological Science
2019	Kayarat Saikrishnan	Maharashtra, India	Structural Biology	Biological Science
2018	Thomas J. Pucadyil	Maharashtra, India	Membrane Biochemistry	Biological Science
2018	Ganesh Nagaraju	Karnataka, India	DNA Repair	Biological Science
2017	Deepak T. Nair	Kerala, India	Plant Pathology	Biological Science
2017	Sanjeev Das	West Bengal, India	Cancer Biology	Biological Science
2016	Rishikesh Narayanan	Karnataka, India	Neuroscience	Biological Science
2016	Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyya	West Bengal, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
2015	Balasubramanian Gopal	Karnataka, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
2015	Rajeev Kumar Varshney	Uttar Pradesh, India	Genetics	Biological Science
2014	Roop Mallik	Uttar Pradesh, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
2013	Sathees Chukkurumbal Raghavan	Kerala, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
2012	Shantanu Chowdhury	West Bengal, India	Genomics	Biological Science
2012	Suman Kumar Dhar	West Bengal, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
2011	Amit Prakash Sharma	Delhi, India	Structural Biology	Biological Science
2011	Rajan Sankaranarayanan	Tamil Nadu, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
2010	Sanjeev Galande	Maharashtra, India	Genomics	Biological Science
2010	Shubha Tole	Maharashtra, India	Neuroscience	Biological Science
2009	Amitabh Joshi	Karnataka, India	Genetics	Biological Science
2009	Bhaskar Saha	West Bengal, India	Immunology	Biological Science
2008	L. S. Shashidhara	Maharashtra, India	Genetics	Biological Science
2008	Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava	Uttar Pradesh, India	Bioinformatics	Biological Science
2007	Narayanaswamy Srinivasan	Tamil Nadu, India	Genomics	Biological Science
2007	Upinder Singh Bhalla	Delhi, India	Neurobiology	Biological Science
2006	Vinod Bhakuni	Uttar Pradesh, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
2006	Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale	Delhi, India	Chemical Biology	Biological Science
2005	Shekhar C. Mande	Maharashtra, India	Structural Biology	Biological Science
2005	Tapas Kumar Kundu	West Bengal, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
2004	Gopal Kundu	West Bengal, India	Genetics	Biological Science
2004	Ramesh Venkata Sonti	Andhra Pradesh, India	Genetics	Biological Science
2003	Satyajit Mayor	Maharashtra, India	Stem Cell Biology	Biological Science
2002	Amitabha Mukhopadhyay	West Bengal, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
2002	Raghavan Varadarajan	Karnataka, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
2001	Umesh Varshney	Madhya Pradesh, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
2001	Amitabha Chattopadhyay	West Bengal, India	Membrane Biophysics	Biological Science
2000	Jayant B. Udgaonkar	Maharashtra, India	Biochemistry	Biological Science
2000	Dinakar Mashnu Salunke	Karnataka, India	Structural Biology	Biological Science
1999	Siddhartha Roy	West Bengal, India	Structural Biology	Biological Science
1999	V. Nagaraja	Karnataka, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
1998	Debi Prasad Sarkar	West Bengal, India	Immunology	Biological Science
1998	K. VijayRaghavan	Karnataka, India	Biotechnology	Biological Science
1997	Kanury Venkata Subba Rao	Maharashtra, India	Biotechnology	Biological Science
1997	Jayaraman Gowrishankar	Tamil Nadu, India	Microbiology	Biological Science
1996	Ghanshyam Swarup	Uttar Pradesh, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
1996	Vishweshwaraiah Prakash	Karnataka, India	Food Technology	Biological Science
1995	Kalappa Muniyappa	Karnataka, India	Genetics	Biological Science
1995	Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain	Bihar, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
1994	Ramakrishnan Nagaraj	Andhra Pradesh, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
1994	Alok Bhattacharya	Delhi, India	Parasitology	Biological Science
1993	M. R. N. Murthy	Karnataka, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
1993	Raghavendra Gadagkar	Uttar Pradesh, India	Ecology	Biological Science
1992	Kuppamuthu Dharmalingam	Tamil Nadu, India	Genetic Engineering	Biological Science
1992	Dipankar Chatterji	West Bengal, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
1991	Virendra Nath Pandey	Uttar Pradesh, India	Virology	Biological Science
1991	Srinivas Kishanrao Saidapur	Karnataka, India	Reproductive Biology	Biological Science
1990	Samir K. Brahmachari	West Bengal, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
1989	Manju Ray	West Bengal, India	Biochemistry	Biological Science
1989	Subhash Chandra Lakhotia	Uttar Pradesh, India	Genetics	Biological Science
1988	Bhabatarak Bhattacharyya	West Bengal, India	Structural Biology	Biological Science
1988	Manchanahalli Rangaswamy Satyanarayana Rao	Karnataka, India	Biological Sciences	Biological Science
1987	Sudhir Kumar Sopory	Haryana, India	Plant Physiology	Biological Science
1987	Avadhesha Surolia	Rajasthan, India	Glycobiology	Biological Science
1986	Prof. Madhav Gadgil Also won: Padma Bhushan	Maharashtra, India	Conservation Biology	Biological Science
1985	C. M. Gupta	Rajasthan, India	Membrane Biology	Biological Science
1985	Mamannamana Vijayan	Kerala, India	Structural Biology	Biological Science
1984	Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian	Tamil Nadu, India	Bioenergetics	Biological Science
1984	K. R. K. Easwaran	Kerala, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
1983	Prof. Govindarajan Padmanabhan Also won: Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar , Padma Bhushan	Tamil Nadu, India	Biochemistry	Biological Science
1982	Sunil Kumar Podder	West Bengal, India	Biophysics	Biological Science
1982	Ramamirtha Jayaraman	Tamil Nadu, India	Microbial Genetics	Biological Science
1981	Sushil Kumar	Uttar Pradesh, India	Genetics	Biological Science
1981	Prafullachandra Vishnu Sane	Uttar Pradesh, India	Biochemistry	Biological Science
1980	Prof. Asis Datta Also won: Padma Bhushan	West Bengal, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
1980	Jamuna Sharan Singh	Uttar Pradesh, India	Plant Ecology	Biological Science
1979	Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran	Tamil Nadu, India	Neurophysiology	Biological Science
1979	Amar Nath Bhaduri	West Bengal, India	Enzymology	Biological Science
1978	V. Sasisekharan	North Dakota, United States	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
1977	T. C. Anand Kumar	Tamil Nadu, India	Reproductive Biology	Biological Science
1976	Kishan Singh	Delhi, India	Plant Pathology	Biological Science
1976	Guru Prakash Dutta	Uttar Pradesh, India	Immunology	Biological Science
1975	Prof. Archana Sharma Also won: Padma Bhushan	Maharashtra, India	Cytogenetics	Biological Science
1975	Prof. Obaid Siddiqi Also won: Padma Bhushan , Padma Vibhushan	Uttar Pradesh, India	Genetics	Biological Science
1974	John Barnabas	Maharashtra, India	Evolutionary Biology	Biological Science
1973	B. R. Murty	Delhi, India	Genetics	Biological Science
1973	Sardul Singh Guraya	Punjab, India	Cell Biology	Biological Science
1972	Birendra Bijoy Biswas	West Bengal, India	Plant Pathology	Biological Science
1972	Satish Chandra Maheshwari	Rajasthan, India	Molecular Biology	Biological Science
1971	N. Balakrishnan Nair	Kerala, India	Marine Biology	Biological Science
1971	Madhu Sudan Kanungo	Odisha, India	Gerontology	Biological Science
1968	T. A. Venkitasubramanian	Delhi, India	Biochemistry	Biological Science
1967	Prof. Arun Kumar Sharma Also won: Padma Bhushan	Delhi, India	Cytogenetics	Biological Science
1966	Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao	Andhra Pradesh, India	Genetics	Biological Science
1966	Hari Krishan Jain	Delhi, India	Cytogenetics	Biological Science
1965	C. V. Subramanian	Tamil Nadu, India	Mycology	Biological Science
1964	Dr. Dilbagh Singh Athwal Also won: Padma Bhushan	Punjab, India	Plant Breeding	Biological Science
1963	Jagannath Ganguly	West Bengal, India	Biochemistry	Biological Science
1962	Prof. Bimal Kumar Bachhawat Also won: Padma Bhushan	West Bengal, India	Glycobiology	Biological Science
1961	Dr. Monkombu Sambasiva Swaminathan Also won: Padma Bhushan , Padma Vibhushan , Ramon Magsaysay Award	Tamil Nadu, India	Genetics	Biological Science
1960	Prof. Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan Also won: Padma Bhushan	Tamil Nadu, India	Plant Pathology	Biological Science

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science Award Chart by Fields

This chart tracks Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science winners by year from 1960 to 2022, spanning 61 years, with the most wins (2) recorded in 1966.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science Award Chart by Disciplines

This chart groups 105 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science winners by Disciplines, across 1 distinct entry — Biological Science leads with 105 wins.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science Award FAQs

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science covers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology winners recognized for Biological Science.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Biological Science 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 for Science and Technology in Biological Science 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 for Science and Technology in Biological Science is associated with India.

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