Infosys India Prize for Promoting Research in Sciences for India’s Development
February 18th, 2009
Following is from the press release at http://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/2009/infosys-india-prize.asp. (Thanks to Abi for this exact pointer.)
Infosys Institutes “Infosys India Prize” in Five Categories
Constitutes Awards for Promoting Research in Sciences for India’s Development
Bangalore, India – February 17, 2009: Infosys Technologies Ltd. (Infosys) today announced that it has set up "Infosys Science Foundation", a not-for-profit trust to promote research in sciences in India. Under the aegis of the foundation, Infosys will honor outstanding contributions and achievements by Indians across various sciences. The annual award for each category is Rs. 50 lakh.
The Infosys Science Foundation will be funded by a corpus of Rs. 21.5 crore contributed by Infosys executive board members and an annual grant from Infosys Technologies Ltd.
The “Infosys India Prize” categories include:
- Physical Sciences – Physics and Chemistry
- Mathematical Sciences – Mathematics and Statistics
- Engineering Sciences – All branches of Engineering
- Life Sciences – Biology and Medicine
- Social Sciences and Economics – Economics, History, Sociology, Political Sciences and other Social Sciences
The jury panel for each area will consist of eminent international personalities in each area selected by the trustees of the foundation.
Announcing the award, Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor and Chairman of the Board, Infosys Technologies Ltd. said, “India needs bright minds across all areas of academics, government, business and society to strive for global excellence. We need to encourage research in India to address our developmental problems. This award will honor outstanding researchers who will make a difference to India’s future.”
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1. Bharati Panda | February 19th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Dear Chitta Babu,
I am quoting from tathya.in regarding Padmabhusan awardee DR. Rath.
Hope this would be an inspiration for young minds.
With best wishes
Ms. Bharati Panda
Member – Board of Governors
NIT – Rourkela
`Padma Bhusan for Bhakta B Rath
New Delhi:26/January/2009
Leading Non Resident Oriya (NRO) Bhakta B Rath has been honored with Padma Bhusan.
Dr. Rath is recognized in the fields of solid-state transformations, grain boundary migrations, and structure-property relationships in metallic systems.
He is currently the Navy Representative to the DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary’s advisory and planning committee on methane hydrates, and the Navy representative to the Indo-U.S. Joint Commission on Science and Technology.
Dr.Rath was born in Banki of Cuttack district in Orissa.
He received a B.S. degree in physics and mathematics from Utkal University, an M.S. in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University.
Dr.Rath received his Ph.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He serves on several planning, review, and advisory boards for both the Navy and the Department of Defense, as well as for the National Materials Advisory Board of the National Academy of Sciences, National Science Foundation, Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Virginia, Colorado School of Mines, University of Maryland, University of Connecticut, Florida Atlantic University, Lehigh University, and the University of Florida.
He previously served as the Navy representative to the panel of The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) countries.
Dr. Rath is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
He is a fellow of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), American Society for Materials-International (ASM), Washington Academy of Sciences, Materials Research Society of India, and the Institute of Materials of the United Kingdom.
Dr. Rath has received a number of honors and awards.
Most recently is the Padma Bhusan Award announced by the President of India for his outstanding contributions in Science and engineering.
Other awards include the Acta Materialia J. Herbert Hollomon Award, DOD Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the 2005 Fred Saalfeld Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Science, the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executive (2005).
Similarly the NRL Lifetime Achievement Award (2004), National Materials Advancement Award from the Federation of Materials Societies (2001), the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive Award(1999 and 2004).
Dr.Rath has also received the S. Chandrasekhar Award and Medal, and the Award of Merit for Group Achievement.
He received the 1991 George Kimball Burgess Memorial Award, the Charles S. Barrett Medal, and the prestigious TMS Leadership Award for his contributions to Materials Research.’