H. K. Firodia Awards for excellence in science and technology are given annually by the H. K. Firodia Foundation. The awards were initiated in 1996 to recognize achievements by Indian scientists in any field of science. The awards are given at a ceremony in Pune.

There are two awards every year: Award I: The main award is presented to an individual in recognition of their lifetime achievements and contributions to the fields of science and technology. Award II: The second award is given to young and promising innovators, scientist and technologists.

List of awardees Source: H K Firodia Foundation Year Name Subject1996 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Engineering & SpaceVijay P. Bhatkar Computer Science1997 C. N. R. Rao Chemistry Anil Kakodkar Nuclear1998 Rajagopala Chidambaram NuclearS. K. Sikka Nuclear 1999 Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan Engineering & Space Paul Ratnasamy Chemistry Man Mohan Sharma Chemistry2000 Raghunath Anant Mashelkar Engineering & Space D. D. Bhawalkar Nuclear2001 Govind Swarup Astronomy & AstrophysicsRamanujam Varatharaja Perumal Engineering & Space2002 M. S. Valiathan Life Sciences, Medicine & GenomicsAshok Jhunjhunwala Computer Science2003 Prakash Narain Tandon Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics Padmanabhan Balaram Chemistry2004 Obaid Siddiqi Life Sciences, Medicine & GenomicsT. S. Prahlad Engineering & Space2005 M. S. Swaminathan AgricultureG. Madhavan Nair Engineering & SpaceAshoke Sen Mathematics2006 Jayant Narlikar Astronomy & AstrophysicsShivram Bhoje Nuclear2007 Madhav Gadgil EcologySamir K. Brahmachari Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics2008 Raghavendra Gadagkar Ecology C. S. Seshadri Mathematics2009 Yash Pal Physics Mylswamy Annadurai Engineering & Space2010 Goverdhan Mehta Chemistry Ajay K. Sood Physics2011 Roddam Narasimha Engineering & Space Manindra Agrawal Mathematics2012 T. V. Ramakrishnan Physics K. Vijayraghavan Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics2013 Dipankar Das Sarma Nano TechnologyM. S. Narasimhan Mathematics2014 Maharaj Kishan Bhan Life Sciences, Medicine & GenomicsDevang Khakar Chemistry2015Baldev RajNuclearKrishna N. GaneshChemistry2016Sriram RamaswamyPhysicsSanjeev DhurandharAstrophysics2017A. S. Kiran KumarAeronauticsAshutosh SharmaNanotechnology2018Sandip TrivediTheoretical physicsSatyajit MayorBiology2019K. SivanAerospace engineeringShekhar MandeStructural and Computational Biology

See also

List of general science and technology awards

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