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Friday, Oct 29, 2004

Karnataka

Karnataka

Govt. to institute Raja Ramanna Award

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, OCT. 28. The Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, said today that the State Government would soon institute a science award in memory of Raja Ramanna, nuclear scientist.

Think tank

Presenting the 2002 and 2003 State awards to scientists and engineers here, he said the Government would form a think tank of scientists to work towards social development and uplift of the poor. "Only science can help improve the quality of lives of people in villages," he added.

Twenty-six scientists were honoured with awards at a ceremony organised by the Government and the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology.

Amulya K.N. Reddy and B.V. Sreekantan were honoured with the 2002 Sir M. Visvesvaraya State Award for Senior Scientists for their contribution to science. The 2003 award went to Narasimhaiengar Mukunda, Vinay L. Deshpande and R. Dwaraknath.

The award carries Rs. 50,000, a citation and a memento.

The 2002 Sir C.V. Raman Award for Young Scientists was given to 10 scientists. Chennu Ranganayakulu was honoured with the award for his contribution to aerospace science.

The award for achievements in life science and physical science went to Ram Rajasekharan and Manjunatha

Pattabi. Kallapa M. Hosamani, Sridevi Jade and Digambareppa Pandappa Biradar received the award for their contribution to chemical, earth and agricultural sciences, respectively. Shripad A. Patil, Jayant M. Modak and T.G. Sitharam received the award for their contribution to medical and engineering sciences. The award for computer science and electronics engineering went to Subrata Kumar Datta, and the award for mathematics went to Pradeep G. Siddheshwar.

For 2003, the Sir C.V. Raman Award was split into Sir C.V. Raman

Award for Young Scientists and Prof. Satish Dhawan Award for Young Engineers. The Prof. Satish Dhawan Award recognises excellence in the areas of aerospace science, engineering science, earth science and computer and electronic engineering. Both awards carry Rs. 25,000, a citation and a memento.

The 2003 Sir C.V. Raman Award went to S. Seetha for her contribution to physical science and S. Umapathy for his contribution to chemical science.

Anura Vishwanath Kurpad, Usha Vijayraghavan and A.K. Nandakumaran received the award for their contribution to medical science, life science and mathematics.

The Prof. Satish Dhawan Award went to S. Gopalakrishnan, P.P. Mujumdar, K.G. Ashamanjari and T. Matthew Jacob for their contribution to aerospace science, engineering science, earth science, and computer and electronic engineering.

The newly instituted Dr. Kalpana Chawla State Award for Young Woman Scientist went to Bharathi P. Salimath for her contribution to biotechnology. The awards were presented by Mr. Dharam Singh and the Deputy Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah.

Mr. Siddaramaiah urged the scientists to work for the poor. The Director of the Indian Institute of Science, Govardhan Mehta, said it was no surprise that Bangalore was a chosen information technology destination as the State had a long history of commitment to science and research.

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