The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is one of the highest multidisciplinary science awards in India. It was instituted in 1958 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in honor of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, its founder director and recognizes excellence in scientific research in India.
List of recipients
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Category Year started Total recipients First recipient(s)Biological sciencesToppur Seethapathy SadasivanChemical sciencesT. R. GovindachariEarth, atmosphere, ocean and planetary sciencesKshitindramohan NahaEngineering sciencesHomi SethnaMathematical sciencesK. S. Chandrasekharan C. R. RaoMedical sciencesRam Behari AroraPhysical sciencesK. S. Krishnan
Biological sciences M. S. Swaminathan Shekhar C. Mande Amar Nath Bhaduri Govindarajan Padmanaban Madhav Gadgil Raghavendra Gadagkar M. R. S. Rao Dinakar Mashnu Salunke Dipankar Chatterji K. Vijayraghavan Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava L. S. Shashidhara Rajeev Kumar Varshney Siddhartha Roy Sanjeev Das
+List of awardees, showing the year, place, and specialization Year Recipient Place Specialization1960 Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan Tamil Nadu Plant pathology1961 M. S. Swaminathan Tamil Nadu Genetics1962 Bimal Kumar Bachhawat West Bengal Glycobiology1963 Jagannath Ganguly West Bengal Biochemistry1964 Dilbagh Singh Athwal Punjab Plant breeding1965 Tamil Nadu Mycology1966 Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao Andhra Pradesh Genetics1966 Delhi Cytogenetics1967 Delhi Cytogenetics1968 Delhi Biochemistry1971 Kerala Marine biology1971 Odisha Gerontology1972 West Bengal Plant pathology1972 Rajasthan Molecular biology1973 Delhi Genetics1973 Punjab Cell biology1974 Maharashtra Evolutionary biology1975 Maharashtra Cytogenetics1975 Uttar Pradesh Genetics1976 Delhi Plant pathology1976 Uttar Pradesh Immunology1977 Tamil Nadu Reproductive biology1978 USA Molecular biology1979 Tamil Nadu Neurophysiology1979 West Bengal Enzymology1980 Uttar pradesh Plant ecology1980 West Bengal Molecular biology1981 Uttar Pradesh Genetics1981 Uttar Pradesh Biochemistry1982 West Bengal Biophysics1982 Tamil Nadu Microbial genetics1983 Tamil Nadu Biochemistry1984 Tamil Nadu Bioenergetics1984 Kerala Biophysics1985 Rajasthan Membrane biology1985 Kerala Structural biology1986 Maharashtra Conservation biology1987 Haryana Plant physiology1987 Rajasthan Glycobiology1988 West Bengal Structural biology1988 Karnataka Biological sciences1989 West Bengal Biochemistry1989 Uttar Pradesh Genetics1990 West Bengal Biophysics1991 Uttar Pradesh Virology1991 Karnataka Reproductive biology1992 Tamil Nadu Genetic engineering1992 West Bengal Molecular biology1993 Karnataka Molecular biology1993 Uttar Pradesh Ecology1994 Andhra Pradesh Biophysics1994 Delhi Parasitology1995 Karnataka Genetics1995 Bihar Molecular biology1996 Uttar Pradesh Molecular biology1996 Karnataka Food technology1997 Maharashtra Biotechnology1997 Tamil Nadu Microbiology1998 West Bengal Immunology1998 Karnataka Biotechnology1999 West Bengal Structural biology1999 Karnataka Molecular biology2000 Maharashtra Biochemistry2000 Karnataka Structural biology2001 Madhya Pradesh Molecular biology2001 West Bengal Membrane biophysics2002 West Bengal Molecular biology2002 Karnataka Biophysics 2003 Maharashtra Stem cell biology2004 West Bengal Genetics2004 Andhra Pradesh Genetics2005 Maharashtra Structural biology2005 West Bengal Molecular biology2006 Uttar Pradesh Biophysics2006 Delhi Chemical biology2007 Tamil Nadu Genomics2007 Delhi Neurobiology2008 Maharashtra Genetics2008 Uttar Pradesh Bioinformatics2009 Karnataka Genetics2009 West Bengal Immunology2010 Maharashtra Genomics2010 Maharashtra Neuroscience2011 Delhi Structural biology2011 Tamil Nadu Molecular biology2012 West Bengal Genomics2012 West Bengal Molecular biology2013 Kerala Biophysics2014 Uttar Pradesh Biophysics2015 Karnataka Biophysics2015 Uttar Pradesh Genetics2016 Karnataka Neuroscience2016 West Bengal Molecular biology2017 Kerala Plant pathology2017 West Bengal Cancer biology2018 Maharashtra Membrane biochemistry2018 Karnataka DNA repair2019 West Bengal Immunology2019 Maharashtra Structural biology2020 West Bengal Molecular microbiology and host–pathogen interaction2020 Tamil Nadu Neuroscience2021 Karnataka Microbiology and biochemistry2021 Uttar Pradesh Structural biology, cellular signaling, pharmacology membrane proteins, G protein2023 Delhi Microbial technology2023 Telangana DNA fingerprinting diagnostics2024 Biological Science 2024 Biological Science
Chemical sciences
+List of awardees, showing the year, place, and specialization Year Recipient Place Specialization1960 Tamil Nadu Bioorganic chemistry1961 West Bengal Phytomedicine1962 West Bengal Organic chemistry1963 Maharashtra Heterocyclic chemistry1964 Punjab Organic chemistry1965 West Bengal Polymer chemistry1965 Uttar Pradesh Organometallic chemistry1966 Andhra Pradesh Sugar chemistry1967 Andhra Pradesh Physical chemistry1968 Karnataka Solid state chemistry1969 Delhi Bioorganic chemistry1970 USA Theoretical chemistry1971 Uttar Pradesh Medicinal chemistry1972 USA Solid state chemistry1972 Haryana Organic chemistry1973 Rajasthan Spectroscopy1973 Kerala Photochemistry1974 West Bengal Stereochemistry1974 Tamil Nadu Organic chemistry1975 Uttar Pradesh Medicinal chemistry1975 West Bengal Inorganic chemistry1976 USA Alicyclic chemistry1977 Andhra Pradesh Organic chemistry1977 West Bengal Spectroscopy1978 Maharashtra Molecular biophysics1978 Rajasthan Organic chemistry1981 Tamil Nadu Biochemistry1981 West Bengal Theoretical chemistry1982 Uttar Pradesh Chemical physics1982 Andhra Pradesh Organic synthesis1983 Odisha Computational chemistry1983 West Bengal Biological chemistry1984 Tamil Nadu Photochemistry1984 Karnataka Nanomaterials1986 Maharashtra Biochemistry1987 West Bengal Theoretical chemistry1988 Uttar Pradesh Polymer chemistry1989 Tamil Nadu Organometallic chemistry1989 Assam Inorganic chemistry1990 Tamil Nadu Theoretical chemistry1990 Andhra Pradesh Nanomaterials1991 West Bengal Biophysical chemistry1991 Andhra Pradesh Agrochemistry1992 Karnataka Molecular electronics1992 West Bengal Organometallic chemistry1993 Maharashtra Theoretical chemistry1993 Tamil Nadu Inorganic chemistry1994 West Bengal Solid state chemistry1994 Kerala Theoretical chemistry1995 Karnataka Computational chemistry1995 Kerala Theoretical chemistry1996 Tamil Nadu Organic chemistry1996 Tamil Nadu Physical chemistry1997 Andhra Pradesh Organic chemistry1997 West Bengal Laser spectroscopy1998 West Bengal Bioinorganic chemistry1998 Karnataka Bioorganic chemistry1999 Uttar Pradesh Organic chemistry1999 West Bengal Spectroscopy2000 Iran Organometallic chemistry2000 Maharashtra Theoretical chemistry2001 West Bengal Supramolecular chemistry2001 Karnataka Bioinorganic chemistry2002 West Bengal Organic chemistry2002 Tamil Nadu Nanomaterials2003 West Bengal Chemical biology2003 Uttar Pradesh Inorganic chemistry2004 Karnataka Photochemistry2004 Uttar Pradesh Chiral ligand2005 West Bengal Inorganic chemistry2005 Karnataka Polymer chemistry2006 Karnataka Electrochemistry2006 Kerala Photochemistry2007 West Bengal Fluid mechanics2007 Kerala Supramolecular chemistry2008 Kerala Nanoparticles2008 Andhra Pradesh Organic chemistry2009 Delhi Theoretical chemistry2009 Tamil Nadu Organic chemistry2010 Uttar Pradesh Bioorganic chemistry2010 West Bengal Magnetic phenomena2011 Andhra Pradesh Computational chemistry2011 Karnataka Computational chemistry2012 Kerala Bioorganic chemistry2012 Tamil Nadu Medicinal chemistry2013 Karnataka Organic chemistry2014 West Bengal Biophysical chemistry2014 Karnataka Organic chemistry2015 Andhra Pradesh Medicinal chemistry2015 West Bengal Inorganic chemistry2016 West Bengal Supramolecular chemistry2017 Telangana Spectroscopy2018 Rahul Banerjee West Bengal Structural chemistry2018 West Bengal Organometallic chemistry2019 Kerala Theoretical and computational organic chemistry2019 West Bengal Inorganic and material chemistry2020 Kerala Supramolecular chemistry2020 West Bengal Organic synthesis and chemical biology2021 West Bengal Inorganic materials & solid state chemistry2021 Karnataka Bioorganic chemistry and chemical biology2023 Karnataka Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru2023 West BengalOrganometallic chemistry and bioinspired catalysis2024 Maharashtra Nanocatalysis for CCUS and solar energy harvesting2024 Madhya PradeshChemical methods for "precision engineering of proteins"
Earth, atmosphere, ocean, and planetary sciences
+List of awardees, showing the year, place, and specialization Year Recipient Place Specialization1972 West Bengal Precambrian geology1976 West Bengal Igneous petrology1976 Uttarakhand Environmental geology1977 West Bengal Structural geology1977 Telangana Seismology1978 Uttar Pradesh Marine geology1978 Andhra Pradesh Geochemistry1979 Uttar Pradesh Seismology1980 Odisha Mathematical modelling1980 Maharashtra Theoretical geophysics1982 Tamil Nadu Geochronology1983 Telangana Precambrian geology1983 Telangana Seismology1984 Kerala Geochemistry1984 West Bengal Geodynamics1985 Uttar Pradesh Geophysical modelling1986 West Bengal Mineralogy1986 Odisha Geophysics1987 Maharashtra Signal processing1988 Delhi Physical stratigraphy1989 Uttar Pradesh Polar research, remote sensing1991 West Bengal Structural geology1991 Uttar Pradesh Geophysics1992 Goa Physical oceanography1993 Odisha Meteorology1994 Assam Geochronology1995 Assam Meteorology1996 Uttar Pradesh Geophysics1996 Uttar Pradesh Biogeochemistry, greenhouse gases1998 Tamil Nadu Palaeoclimatology2001 Andhra Pradesh Marine geophysics2001 Assam Atmospheric modelling2002 West Bengal Seismology2002 Maharashtra Atmospheric sciences2003 Uttaranchal Isotope geology2003 Andhra Pradesh Paleontology2005 West Bengal Structural geology2006 West Bengal Metamorphic petrology2006 Maharashtra Atmospheric sciences2007 Uttar Pradesh Space science2008 Kerala Physical oceanography2009 Kerala Atmospheric aerosols2011 Karnataka Oceanography2014 Uttar Pradesh Atmospheric sciences2015 Odisha Geochemistry2016 Gujarat Geochemistry2017 Kerala Atmospheric aerosols2018 West Bengal Environmental geochemistry2018 Andhra Pradesh Atmospheric sciences2019 Maharashtra Indian monsoon, hydro-meteorology and hydrology2020 West Bengal Hydrogeology, water policy2020 West Bengal Organic geochemistry2021 Assam Coal and atmospheric aerosol chemistry 2022 Uttar Pradesh Hydrology, climate change, water resources2024 Kerala Climate change, extreme weather events2025Waliur Rehaman Goa
Engineering sciences