Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards

• The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards for 2022 haven’t been announced and, this year, too, the nominations for Bhatnagar Awards 2023 were not called for.

About Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards

• Named after Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the first director of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).
• These awards are given every year in seven scientific disciplines — physics, biology, engineering, mathematics, medicine, chemistry, and earth sciences.
• Each award — there cannot be more than two per discipline — carries a cash component of Rs 5 lakh and, since 2008, an honorarium of Rs 15,000 per month till the scientist is serving in a publicly funded institution.
• A panel of eminent scientists, put together by CSIR every year, makes the final selection out of 500-600 nominations received on average per year.
• Eligibility
  • Any Citizen of India engaged in research up to age of 45 years,
  • Overseas citizen of India (OCI) and Persons of Indian Origin working in India