National Bioscience Award for Career Development

The National Bio-science Award for Career Development or N-BIOS Prize is a coveted honor conferred by the Federal Government of India upon select young Indian bio-scientists of less than 45 years of age. The award is annually given for unique contributions made towards the development of state of art in basic and applied areas of biological sciences through demonstrated activity in the form of publication in reputed journals and or patents.[1] The award recognizes research and development work carried out in India during the last 5 years of the career. A cash prize of Indian Rupees two hundred thousand and a research support grant of Indian Rupees fifteen hundred thousands is given to qualified candidates together with a trophy and citation.[2] The department of biotechnology (DBT) of the Indian Government handles the process of selection and disbursal of the Bio-science Awards each year. The award is considered equivalent to the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize given by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India.

Notable N-BIOS Awardees

1) Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi 2) Umesh Varshney 3) Rajesh S. Gokhale 4) Javed N. Agrewala 5) K. Narayanaswamy Balaji 6) Joyoti Basu 7) Tapas Kumar Kundu 8) Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava 9) Rajan Sankaranarayanan 10) Kanury Rao 11) Maneesha Inamdar 12) Niyaz Ahmed 13) Sujata Sharma 14) Dr.S.Venkata Mohan 15) Dr. Asad U Khan 16) Naval K. Vikram 17) Kaustuv Sanyal

References

  1. ↑ IBN Live. "Young Scientist Awards for Hyderabad Varsity". Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  2. ↑ The Hindu. "Bioscience Award conferred on seven scientists". Retrieved 20 March 2012.

3. Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Prestigious-bioscience-award-for-IICT-scientist/articleshow/18997151.cms