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G Padmanabhan, the Chandrayaan-3 team, Annapurni Subramaniam, and 30 others have been chosen for the inaugural Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP), India’s new national science awards established last year.

Ceremony Details:

• These awards shall be announced on the National Technology Day (11th May) every year.
• The Award Ceremony for all categories of awards shall be held every year on the National Space Day on 23rd August.
• The Hon’ble President of India / The Hon’ble Vice President of India may confer the Awards.

Notable Awardees

• G Padmanabhan: At 86, G Padmanabhan, a renowned biochemist known for his work on the malaria parasite, has been named a Vigyan Ratna, recognizing his lifetime achievement in science. Padmanabhan is a towering figure in Indian science and has been honored with the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.
• Chandrayaan-3 Team: The team behind Chandrayaan-3, which successfully landed India’s first spacecraft on the Moon last year, has been awarded the Vigyan Team award for their collaborative research work.
• Vigyan Yuva Puraskar Recipients:
  • Vivek Polshettiwar (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai): A chemist working on carbon capture technologies.
  • Urbasi Sinha (Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru): A leading expert in quantum research.
  • Roxy Mathew Koll (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune): A climate scientist.
• Annapurni Subramaniam:
  • Among the 13 scientists selected for the Vigyan Shri award, Annapurni Subramaniam’s main research focuses on the formation and evolution of star clusters and galaxies.
• Other Vigyan Shri Recipients:
  • Jayant Bhalchandra Udgaonkar: A biologist and former director of IISER Pune.
  • Naba Kumar Mondal: A particle physicist from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata.

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