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Bioscience Award conferred on seven scientists

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NEW DELHI: Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday conferred the National Bioscience Award for Career Development for 2006 on seven scientists. The award winners include Ajay Kumar Parida, Programme Director (Biotechnology), M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, Kumaravel Somasundaram, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Dr. Pradeep Kumar, Scientist-F, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram.

The other winners are: Dr. Sanjeev Galande, Scientist D at the National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, Javed Agrewala, Scientist E I at the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, G. Taru Sharma, Senior Scientist at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, and Pramod P Wangikar, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai.

Each award carries a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh, a research grant of Rs.3 lakhs for three years and a citation. Subject to availability of suitable candidates, up to 10 young scientists in both basic and applied research covering all areas of biosciences and biotechnology are given the award.

Distinguished Biotechnologist

Mr. Sibal also presented the Distinguished Biotechnologist Award to Prof. T.P. Singh, who was till recently Head of the Biophysics Department at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, for his outstanding contributions in the area of structural biology.

The award is for a period of three years extendable for further two years based on the review of work undertaken by the scientist in the first three years. The award amount would be equal to the total emoluments at a basic pay of Rs. 26,000 a month or consolidated amount of Rs. 30,000 a month. In addition, a contingency grant of Rs. 50,000 a year would be provided for meeting expenditure of the awardee on secretarial assistance, telephone, domestic travel, and stationery.

The award has provision for a research grant, not exceeding Rs 15 lakhs, for implementing a research project proposed by awardee over a period of three years.

Innovative award

In addition, Mr. Sibal presented innovative young biotechnologists award to 12 scientists: S. Swaminathan of SASTRA, Thanjavur, Madhulika Dixit of Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai; Manjula Kalia, Mrinalini Jayant Puranik, V. Sriram, and Yamuna Krishnan of NCBS, Bangalore ; Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek of , ICGEB, New Delhi; Madhusudan R.Nandineni, and Rupinder Kaur of CDFD, Hyderabad; T. R. Santhosh Kumar, RGCBT, Thiruvananthapuram; Mukesh Jain, University of Delhi (South Campus), and Samudrala Gourinath, JNU.

Besides, the Minister conferred the Senior Women Bioscientist Award on former Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology, Manju Sharma, and gave away biology scholarships to students scoring highest marks in biology at 10+2 level in central and state board examinations and opting for biological courses at graduate level.

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