H. K. Firodia Awards Explained

H. K. Firodia Awards
Sponsor:H. K. Firodia Foundation
Firstawarded:1996
Lastawarded:2014
Reward: lakhs and lakh
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:40

H. K. Firodia Awards for excellence in science and technology are given annually by the H. K. Firodia Foundation. The awards were initiated in 1996 to recognize achievements by Indian scientists in any field of science, and aim to promote a scientific spirit among young Indians.

The awards are given at a ceremony in Pune, at hands of eminent chief guests such as Kapil Sibal, Mukesh Ambani, Verghese Kurien.

There are 2 awards every year:

The awards are given to any Indian citizen who has made original and outstanding contribution and done world class work in the field of science & technology and distinguished himself; the excellence may relate to any field of scientific endeavour from agriculture, engineering and medical sciences to space and environmental sciences.

List of awardees

Source: H K Firodia Foundation

YearNameSubject
1996 Engineering & Space
Computer Science
1997 Chemistry
Nuclear
1998 Nuclear
Nuclear
1999 Engineering & Space
Chemistry
Chemistry
2000 Engineering & Space
Nuclear
2001 Astronomy & Astrophysics
Engineering & Space
2002 Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
Computer Science
2003 Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
Chemistry
2004 Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
Engineering & Space
2005 Agriculture
Engineering & Space
Mathematics
2006 Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nuclear
2007 Ecology
Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
2008 Ecology
Mathematics
2009 Physics
Engineering & Space
2010 Chemistry
Physics
2011 Engineering & Space
Mathematics
2012 Physics
Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
2013 Nano Technology
Mathematics
2014 Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
Chemistry
2015Baldev RajNuclear
Krishna N. GaneshChemistry
2016Sriram RamaswamyPhysics
Sanjeev DhurandharAstrophysics
2017A S Kiran Kumar[1] Aeronautics
Ashutosh SharmaNanotechnology
2018[2] Sandip TrivediTheoretical physics
Satyajit MayorBiology
2019K. SivanAerospace engineering
Shekhar MandeStructural and Computational Biology

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: H. K. Firodia Awards 2017. H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation. 1 May 2018. 2 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180502064723/http://hkfirodiaawards.org/current.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Scientists honoured with HK Firodia awards in Pune. 2019-02-02. Hindustan Times. en. 2019-08-18.