Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Physical 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 Physical Science

This category recognizes high-caliber research in physics and related fields such as astrophysics, condensed matter physics, optics, quantum mechanics, and materials science. The awardees have made substantial contributions to understanding the laws of nature and pushing the frontiers of physical sciences.

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

Physics researchers working in India are recognised through this category of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, awarded for notable contributions to the physical sciences, fundamental or applied. It is one of seven parallel categories under the same CSIR-run prize, first given in 1958 and named for the Council's founding director. Candidates must hold Indian citizenship, be under forty-five, and have produced the cited research domestically within five years of nomination. Selections pass through review committees before final confirmation by CSIR, with winners announced each September on Foundation Day.

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

This Winners List features 106 winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Physical Science, from 1958 to 2024.

Year	Winner Name	State, Country	Fields	Disciplines

2024	Urbasi Sinha	West Bengal, India	Physics	Physical Science
2022	Anindya Das	West Bengal, India	Physical Science	Physical Science
2022	Basudeb Dasgupta	West Bengal, India	Physical Science	Physical Science
2021	Kanak Saha	West Bengal, India	Galaxies: Their Structure, Formation And Evolution	Physical Science
2020	Surajit Dhara	West Bengal, India	Soft Matter Physics, Optics	Physical Science
2020	Rajesh Ganapathy	Karnataka, India	Soft Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2019	Aninda Sinha	West Bengal, India	Theoretical Physics	Physical Science
2019	Shankar Ghosh	West Bengal, India	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2018	Aditi De	West Bengal, India	Quantum Information & Computing	Physical Science
2018	Ambarish Ghosh	West Bengal, India	Nano-Science	Physical Science
2017	Nissim Kanekar	Maharashtra, India	Astronomy	Physical Science
2017	Vinay Gupta	Rajasthan, India	Materials Science	Physical Science
2016	S. Anantha Ramakrishna	Odisha, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2016	Sudhir Kumar Vempati	Karnataka, India	High Energy Physics	Physical Science
2015	Bedangadas Mohanty	Odisha, India	High Energy Physics	Physical Science
2015	Mandar Madhukar Deshmukh	Maharashtra, India	Mesoscopic Physics	Physical Science
2014	Pratap Raychaudhuri	West Bengal, India	Superconductivity	Physical Science
2014	Sadiqali Abbas Rangwala	Maharashtra, India	Optical Physics	Physical Science
2013	Amol Dighe	Maharashtra, India	High Energy Physics	Physical Science
2013	Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy	Karnataka, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2012	Arindam Ghosh	West Bengal, India	Semiconductors	Physical Science
2012	Krishnendu Sengupta	West Bengal, India	Theoretical Physics	Physical Science
2011	Shiraz Minwalla Also won: Breakthrough Prize	Maharashtra, India	String Theory	Physical Science
2010	Umesh Waghmare	Karnataka, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2010	Kalobaran Maiti	West Bengal, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2009	Rajesh Gopakumar	West Bengal, India	String Theory	Physical Science
2009	Abhishek Dhar	West Bengal, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2008	Raghunathan Srianand	Maharashtra, India	Cosmology	Physical Science
2008	Srikanth Sastry	Karnataka, India	Theoretical Physics	Physical Science
2007	Yashwant Gupta	Maharashtra, India	Radio Astronomy	Physical Science
2007	Pinaki Majumdar	West Bengal, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2006	Sanjay Puri	Delhi, India	Statistical Physics	Physical Science
2006	Atish Dabholkar	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	Quantum Gravity	Physical Science
2005	Sandip Trivedi	Uttar Pradesh, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2004	Madan Rao	Karnataka, India	Statistical Mechanics	Physical Science
2003	G. Ravindra Kumar	Maharashtra, India	Plasma Physics	Physical Science
2003	Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya	West Bengal, India	High Energy Physics	Physical Science
2002	Mohit Randeria	North Dakota, United States	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2002	Avinash Deshpande	Karnataka, India	Astrophysics	Physical Science
2001	Rahul Pandit	Karnataka, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2000	Sriram Ramaswamy	Karnataka, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
2000	Varun Sahni	Maharashtra, India	General Relativity And Gravitation	Physical Science
1999	E. V. Sampathkumaran	Tamil Nadu, India	Superconductivity	Physical Science
1999	Sunil Mukhi	Maharashtra, India	Theoretical Physics	Physical Science
1998	A. M. Jayannavar	Karnataka, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1998	Sumit Ranjan Das	North Dakota, United States	High Energy Physics	Physical Science
1997	Bikas K. Chakrabarti	West Bengal, India	Quantum Annealing	Physical Science
1997	Amitava Raychaudhuri	West Bengal, India	Particle Physics	Physical Science
1996	Thanu Padmanabhan	Kerala, India	Cosmology	Physical Science
1995	Mustansir Barma	Maharashtra, India	Statistical Physics	Physical Science
1994	Prof. Ashoke Sen Also won: Padma Bhushan , Breakthrough Prize	West Bengal, India	Theoretical Physics	Physical Science
1994	Arup Kumar Raychaudhuri	West Bengal, India	Solid State Physics	Physical Science
1993	Rajiah Simon	Tamil Nadu, India	Quantum Optics	Physical Science
1993	Gopal Krishna	Maharashtra, India	Radio Astronomy	Physical Science
1992	Vikram Kumar	Delhi, India	Semiconductor Devices	Physical Science
1992	Subodh Raghunath Shenoy	Kerala, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1991	Prof. Deepak Dhar Also won: Padma Bhushan	Maharashtra, India	Statistical Physics	Physical Science
1991	Deepak Mathur	Maharashtra, India	Molecular Physics	Physical Science
1990	Ajay Kumar Sood	Madhya Pradesh, India	Nanotechnology	Physical Science
1990	Ganapathy Baskaran	Tamil Nadu, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical 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	Deepak Kumar	Delhi, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1988	Onkar Nath Srivastava	Uttar Pradesh, India	Nanotechnology	Physical Science
1987	Probir Roy	West Bengal, India	High Energy Physics	Physical Science
1987	Vijay Kumar Kapahi	Punjab, India	Radio Astronomy	Physical Science
1986	Predhiman Krishan Kaw	Jammu and Kashmir, India	Plasma Physics	Physical Science
1985	Narendra Kumar	Chhattisgarh, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1985	Kehar Singh	Uttar Pradesh, India	Nanooptics	Physical Science
1984	Ranganathan Shashidhar	North Dakota, United States	Liquid Crystals	Physical Science
1984	Ramanath Cowsik	Maharashtra, India	Astroparticle Physics	Physical Science
1983	Shyam Sunder Kapoor	Maharashtra, India	Nuclear Physics	Physical Science
1983	Ramamurti Rajaraman	Delhi, India	Theoretical Physics	Physical Science
1982	Tiruppattur Venkatachalamurti Ramakrishnan	Karnataka, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1982	Girish Saran Agarwal	Uttar Pradesh, India	Quantum Optics	Physical Science
1981	Ramanujan Srinivasan	Tamil Nadu, India	Magnetic Resonance Phenomena	Physical Science
1981	Shasanka Mohan Roy	Delhi, India	High Energy Physics	Physical Science
1980	N. S. Satya Murthy	Tamil Nadu, India	Molecular Reaction Dynamics	Physical Science
1980	Narasimhaiengar Mukunda	Karnataka, India	Quantum Mechanics	Physical Science
1979	Sudhanshu Shekhar Jha	Bihar, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1979	Ajoy Kumar Ghatak	Uttar Pradesh, India	Optical Physics	Physical Science
1978	Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar Also won: Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar , Padma Bhushan , Padma Vibhushan	Maharashtra, India	Steady State Cosmology	Physical Science
1978	E. S. Raja Gopal	Tamil Nadu, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1976	Chanchal Kumar Majumdar	West Bengal, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1976	Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan	Tamil Nadu, India	Condensed Matter Physics	Physical Science
1975	Biswa Ranjan Nag	West Bengal, India	Semiconductor Physics	Physical Science
1975	Kasturi Lal Chopra	Punjab, India	Material Physics	Physical Science
1974	Krityunjai Prasad Sinha	Bihar, India	Solid State Gravitation	Physical Science
1974	Mahendra Singh Sodha	Uttar Pradesh, India	Plasma Physics	Physical Science
1973	Virendra Singh	Uttar Pradesh, India	High Energy Physics	Physical Science
1972	Prof. Krishna Joshi Also won: Padma Bhushan	Uttarakhand, India	Nanotechnology	Physical Science
1972	Prof. Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar Also won: Padma Bhushan	West Bengal, India	Crystallography	Physical Science
1971	Dr. Padmanabha Krishnagopala. Iyengar Also won: Padma Bhushan	Kerala, India	Nuclear Physics	Physical Science
1970	Dr. Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu Also won: Padma Bhushan	Andhra Pradesh, India	Astrophysics	Physical Science
1969	Asoke Nath Mitra	Mymensingh, Bangladesh	Particle Physics	Physical Science
1968	Dr. Ashes Prosad Mitra Also won: Padma Bhushan	West Bengal, India	Environmental Physics	Physical Science
1967	Devendra Lal	Uttar Pradesh, India	Geophysics	Physical Science
1966	Prof. Sivaraj Ramaseshan Also won: Padma Bhushan	Tamil Nadu, India	Crystallography	Physical Science
1966	S. C. Jain	Uttar Pradesh, India	Semiconductor Devices	Physical Science
1965	Barry Ramachandra Rao	Andhra Pradesh, India	Crystallography	Physical Science
1964	Dr. Ajit Ram Verma Also won: Padma Bhushan	Uttar Pradesh, India	Crystallography	Physical Science
1963	Dr. Raja Ramanna Also won: Padma Bhushan , Padma Vibhushan	Karnataka, India	Nuclear Physics	Physical Science
1962	Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai Also won: Padma Bhushan , Padma Vibhushan	Gujarat, India	Space Science	Physical Science
1961	Gopalasamudram Narayana Ramachandran	Tamil Nadu, India	Ramachandran Plot	Physical Science
1960	Dr. Mambillikalathil Govinda Kumar Menon Also won: Padma Bhushan , Padma Vibhushan	Kerala, India	Particle Physics	Physical Science
1958	Dr. Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan Also won: Padma Bhushan	Tamil Nadu, India	Raman Scattering	Physical Science

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

This chart tracks Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Physical Science winners by year from 1958 to 2024, spanning 64 years, with the most wins (2) recorded in 1966.

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

This chart groups 106 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Physical Science winners by Disciplines, across 1 distinct entry — Physical Science leads with 106 wins.

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

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

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Physical 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 Physical 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.

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

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