Archive For The “Awards” Category
Two eminent women scientists will receive the prestigious Dr.Y Nayudammaaward for the year 2014. Dr. Tessy Thomas, director, Advanced Systems Laboratory of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Hyderabad and Mrs Geeta Varadan, Project Director (Mission) of Agni V, and Director, Advanced Data Processing Research Institute at ISRO, have been chosen for presenting the […]
The Karnataka Science & Technology Academy honoured former top defence scientist Vasudev K. Aatre with the Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014. Bengaluru-born Dr. Aatre, 75, was DRDO Director-General; Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister during 1999-2005. He is currently visiting professor at his alma mater, the Indian Institute […]
Prof. S. Mohan, Visiting Professor, Centrefor Nano Science and Engineering, IISc, has beenconferred ” DRDO Academic Excellence Award 2013″by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri.Narendra Modi ina special function organised by DRDO at New Delhion 20 Aug. 2014.”The award is in recognition of his sustainedcontributions to Innovative Technologies for avariety of applications at the DRDO from […]
Four defence scientists from the city were among the recipients of DRDO Awards-2013 presented by Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi in New Delhi. The ‘Performance Excellence Award’ was given to Dr P S Subramanyam, Director, Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Dr K Tamilmani, former Chief Executive, Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification. The duo and […]
BANGALORE: Four of the six Padma awards for Karnataka have gone to the field of science and technology, while one has gone to medicine and another to sports. Padma Bhushan Prof Padmanabhan Balaram (Science and Engineering) Director of IISc Bangalore He’s a well-known biochemist who received his Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, […]
The first SASTRA‐CNR Rao Award for Excellence in Chemistry and Materials Science will be awarded jointly to Mr Suresh Das, Director of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) National Institute for Inter‐Disciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Mr Sourav Pal, Director, CSIR‐National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. The award instituted by the SASTRA University here […]
An Indian‐origin scientist, who proved how cutting emissions of ‘black carbon’ or soot can significantly lessen the impact of climate change, has been selected for the UN’s top environmental award. Mr Veerabhadran Ramanathan of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California is to receive the ‘Champions of the Earth Award’. Source: Indian Express
Prof B. Dattaguru, Professor (Retd) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has been chosen to receive the ICCES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL for seminal contributions to damage tolerance methodologies, and education of generations of students in India. This Medal will be presented at the Award Banquet as well as at the Opening Ceremony of ICCES14, to be […]
A DRDO laboratory behind the successful design and development of the over 5,000 km‐range Agni‐5 ballistic missile system will be awarded by Defence Minister Mr A K Antony tomorrow for its contributions toward the country’s strategic projects. The Hyderabad‐based Advanced System Limited headed by distinguished scientist Dr V G Sekharan would be given the Performance […]
BANGALORE: “Team Vyoma” of RV College of Engineering has taken flight with a breakthrough invention. It bagged the Nasa Systems Engineering Award this year, from among 75 teams, for designing and building a highly unconventional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It participated in SAE AeroDesign West Competition held in California, US from April 12 to 14, […]