Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (SSB) for Science and Technology 2021
- 28 Sep 2021
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science & Technology was announced by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on 26th September 2021.
- Every year, CSIR presents this award to scientists below 45 years of age for their contributions in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, medicine, engineering and earth, atmosphere, ocean and planetary sciences.
- The 2021 SSB winner list did not feature any woman scientist.
Category | Winner |
Biological Sciences |
Dr Amit Singh
Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Arun Kumar Shukla Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur |
Chemical Sciences |
Dr Kanishka Biswas
International Centre of Materials Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for
Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr T Govindaraju Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru |
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences | Dr Binoy Kumar Saikia Coal and Energy Research Group, CSIR North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat |
Engineering Sciences | Dr Debdeep Mukhopadhyay Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur |
Mathematical Sciences |
Dr Anish Ghosh
School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Saket Saurabh The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai |
Medical Sciences |
Dr Jeemon Panniyammakal
Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal lnstitute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Rohit Srivastava Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai |
Physical Sciences | Dr Kanak Saha Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune |