BHATNAGAR AWARD

Bhatnagar Award to 11 scientists 2009 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Award for Science and Technology research by the Centre for
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Requirement: 1 .
scientists below 45 years of age 2 . outstanding research
conducted in India during the last five years. Director General of
CSIR and Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial
Research, Prof. Sameer Brahmchari announced the names of the
awardees at the foundation day function of the CSIR, (that's 26 th
Sept. 09) The prize = a citation + cash award of 5 lakh rupees. The
awardees are 1 . Dr. Amitabh Joshi of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for
Advanced Scientific Research Bangalore. 2 . Dr. Bhaskar Saha of
National Centre of Cell Science, Pune. 3 . Dr. Charu Sitha
chakravarty and 4 . Dr. Narayan Swami Jayaraman of Indian
Institute of Technology, Delhi. 5 . Dr. S.K. Satheesh, 6 . Dr.
Giridhar and 7 . Dr. Jayantrama Swami of Indian Institute of
Sciences, Bangalore. 8 . Dr. Venapalli Suresh of University of
Hyderabad. 9 . Dr, Santosh Gajanan Hunawar of L V Prasad Eye
institute of Hyderabad. 10 . Dr. Rajesh Gopal Kumar of Harishchandra
Research Institute, Allahabad. 11 . Dr. Abhishek Dhar of Raman
Research Institute, Bangalore. (ANI)