G D Birla Award (1991-2014)

G D Birla Award for Scientific Research (1991-2014)

It was established in 1991 by the K K Birla Foundation in honour of the Indian philanthropist Ghanshyam Das Birla to recognise significant scientific research undertaken by Indian scientists below the age of 50, working in India.

It carries Cash Prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh and a citation.

First recipient of G D Birla Award was Asis Datta for Molecular Biology, National Centre for Plant Genome Research, JNU in 1991.

List of Recipients:

Year	Recipient	Field	Institute
2014	Sanjeev Galande	Scientific Research	Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER), Pune
2013	Rajesh Gopakumar	Quantum field theory and string theory	Harish Chandra Research Institute
2012	Nibir Mandal	Structural geology	Jadavpur University
2011	Tapas Kumar Kundu	Biochemistry	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
2010	Subhasis Chaudhuri	Electrical engineering	Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
2009	Manindra Agrawal	Computer science	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
2008	Raghavan Varadrajan	Biophysics	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2007	Santanu Bhattacharya	Chemistry	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2006	Sriram Ramaswamy	Physics	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2005	D.D. Sarma	Nanotechnology	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2004	Arjun M. Jayannvar	Physics	Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
2003	Thanu Padmanabhan	Astrophysics	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
2002	P.P. Majumdar	Human genetics	Indian Statistical Institute
2001	Seyed E. Hasnain	Medical genetics	University of Hyderabad
2000	A.K. Sood	Experimental physics	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1999	Sankar K. Pal	Computer engineering	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
1998	Not awarded
1997	Biman Bagchi	Structural chemistry	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1996	Ashoke Sen	Theoretical physics	Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad
1995	Girish S. Agarwal	Quantum optics	Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
1994	Padmanabhan Balaram	Biochemistry	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1993	R.A. Mashelkar	Polymer science	Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
1992	Goverdhan Mehta	Organic chemistry	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1991	Asis Datta	Molecular biology	National Centre for Plant Genome Research, JNU