Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science Winners List (1958 - 2024)

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Name	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Type	Science Awards
Award For	For outstanding, notable research (fundamental or applied) in seven scientific disciplines
Award By	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India
First	1958
Last	2024
Status	Active
Country	India

About Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science

Awarded for notable research in Chemical Sciences, this prize celebrates breakthroughs in organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, and theoretical chemistry. The honored scientists have contributed to innovations that impact industries, healthcare, environment, and fundamental chemical understanding.

History of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science

This category of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize honours an Indian researcher whose chemical-sciences work, fundamental or applied, has advanced the field over the preceding five years. Administered by CSIR's Human Resource Development Group, it covers organic, inorganic, physical, and analytical chemistry conducted within India. Recipients must be citizens under forty-five at selection. First conferred in 1958 and named for CSIR's founding director Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, it is announced annually on September 26th, CSIR's Foundation Day, alongside the prize's other six disciplines.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science Winners List

This Winners List features 104 winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science, from 1960 to 2024.

Year	Winner Name	State, Country	Fields	Disciplines

2024	Vivek Polshettiwar	Maharashtra, India	Nanocatalysis For Ccus And Solar Energy Harvesting	Chemical Science
2024	Vishal Rai	Madhya Pradesh, India	Chemical Methods For "Precision Engineering Of Proteins"	Chemical Science
2022	Akkattu T. Biju	Karnataka, India	Indian Institute Of Science, Bengaluru	Chemical Science
2022	Debabrata Maiti	West Bengal, India	Organometallic Chemistry And Bioinspired Catalysis	Chemical Science
2021	Kanishka Biswas	West Bengal, India	Inorganic Materials & Solid State Chemistry	Chemical Science
2021	T Govindaraju	Karnataka, India	Bioorganic Chemistry And Chemical Biology	Chemical Science
2020	Subi George	Kerala, India	Supramolecular Chemistry	Chemical Science
2020	Jyotirmayee Dash	West Bengal, India	Organic Synthesis And Chemical Biology	Chemical Science
2019	Raghavan B. Sunoj	Kerala, India	Theoretical And Computational Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2019	Tapas Kumar Maji	West Bengal, India	Inorganic And Material Chemistry	Chemical Science
2018	Rahul Banerjee	West Bengal, India	Structural Chemistry	Chemical Science
2018	Swadhin Kumar Mandal	West Bengal, India	Organometallic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2017	G. Naresh Patwari	Telangana, India	Spectroscopy	Chemical Science
2016	Partha Sarathi Mukherjee	West Bengal, India	Supramolecular Chemistry	Chemical Science
2015	D. Srinivasa Reddy	Andhra Pradesh, India	Medicinal Chemistry	Chemical Science
2015	Pradyut Ghosh	West Bengal, India	Inorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2014	Souvik Maiti	West Bengal, India	Biophysical Chemistry	Chemical Science
2014	Kavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad	Karnataka, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2013	Yamuna Krishnan	Karnataka, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2012	Gangadhar J. Sanjayan	Kerala, India	Bioorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2012	Govindasamy Mugesh	Tamil Nadu, India	Medicinal Chemistry	Chemical Science
2011	Garikapati Narahari Sastry	Andhra Pradesh, India	Computational Chemistry	Chemical Science
2011	Balasubramanian Sundaram	Karnataka, India	Computational Chemistry	Chemical Science
2010	Sandeep Verma	Uttar Pradesh, India	Bioorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2010	Swapan Kumar Pati	West Bengal, India	Magnetic Phenomena	Chemical Science
2009	Charusita Chakravarty	Delhi, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
2009	Narayanaswamy Jayaraman	Tamil Nadu, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2008	Thalappil Pradeep	Kerala, India	Nanoparticles	Chemical Science
2008	Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy	Andhra Pradesh, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2007	Amalendu Chandra	West Bengal, India	Fluid Mechanics	Chemical Science
2007	Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh	Kerala, India	Supramolecular Chemistry	Chemical Science
2006	Srinivasan Sampath	Karnataka, India	Electrochemistry	Chemical Science
2006	K. George Thomas	Kerala, India	Photochemistry	Chemical Science
2005	Samaresh Bhattacharya	West Bengal, India	Inorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2005	Subramaniam Ramakrishnan	Karnataka, India	Polymer Chemistry	Chemical Science
2004	Siva Umapathy	Karnataka, India	Photochemistry	Chemical Science
2004	Vinod K. Singh	Uttar Pradesh, India	Chiral Ligand	Chemical Science
2003	Santanu Bhattacharya	West Bengal, India	Chemical Biology	Chemical Science
2003	Vadapalli Chandrasekhar	Uttar Pradesh, India	Inorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2002	Tushar Kanti Chakraborty	West Bengal, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2002	Murali Sastry	Tamil Nadu, India	Nanomaterials	Chemical Science
2001	Uday Maitra	West Bengal, India	Supramolecular Chemistry	Chemical Science
2001	Tavarekere Kalliah Chandrashekar	Karnataka, India	Bioinorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2000	Pradeep Mathur	Eşfahan, Iran	Organometallic Chemistry	Chemical Science
2000	Sourav Pal	Maharashtra, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1999	Ganesh Prasad Pandey	Uttar Pradesh, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1999	Deb Shankar Ray	West Bengal, India	Spectroscopy	Chemical Science
1998	Akhil Ranjan Chakravarty	West Bengal, India	Bioinorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1998	Krishna N. Ganesh	Karnataka, India	Bioorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1997	Adusumilli Srikrishna	Andhra Pradesh, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1997	Kankan Bhattacharyya	West Bengal, India	Laser Spectroscopy	Chemical Science
1996	Mariappan Periasamy	Tamil Nadu, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1996	Narayanan Chandrakumar	Tamil Nadu, India	Physical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1995	Jayaraman Chandrasekhar	Karnataka, India	Computational Chemistry	Chemical Science
1995	Kizhakeyil Lukose Sebastian	Kerala, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1994	Dipankar Das Sarma	West Bengal, India	Solid State Chemistry	Chemical Science
1994	Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis	Kerala, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1993	Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami Also won: Padma Bhushan (2014)	Tamil Nadu, India	Inorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1993	Shridhar Ramachandra Gadre	Maharashtra, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1992	Suryanarayanasastry Ramasesha	Karnataka, India	Molecular Electronics	Chemical Science
1992	Sumit Bhaduri	West Bengal, India	Organometallic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1991	Biman Bagchi	West Bengal, India	Biophysical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1991	Jhillu Singh Yadav	Andhra Pradesh, India	Agrochemistry	Chemical Science
1990	Narayanasami Sathyamurthy	Tamil Nadu, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1990	B. M. Choudary	Andhra Pradesh, India	Nanomaterials	Chemical Science
1989	Srinivasan Chandrasekaran	Tamil Nadu, India	Organometallic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1989	Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri	Assam, India	Inorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1988	Kaushal Kishore	Uttar Pradesh, India	Polymer Chemistry	Chemical Science
1987	Debashis Mukherjee	West Bengal, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1986	Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram Also won: Padma Bhushan (2014)	Maharashtra, India	Biochemistry	Chemical Science
1984	Paramasivam Natarajan	Tamil Nadu, India	Photochemistry	Chemical Science
1984	Kalya Jagannath Rao	Karnataka, India	Nanomaterials	Chemical Science
1983	Naba Kishore Ray	Odisha, India	Computational Chemistry	Chemical Science
1983	Samaresh Mitra	West Bengal, India	Biological Chemistry	Chemical Science
1982	Chunni Lal Khetrapal	Uttar Pradesh, India	Chemical Physics	Chemical Science
1982	G. S. R. Subba Rao	Andhra Pradesh, India	Organic Synthesis	Chemical Science
1981	Dorairajan Balasubramanian	Tamil Nadu, India	Biochemistry	Chemical Science
1981	Bidyendu Mohan Deb	West Bengal, India	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1978	Girjesh Govil	Maharashtra, India	Molecular Biophysics	Chemical Science
1978	Goverdhan Mehta	Rajasthan, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1977	Subramania Ranganathan	Andhra Pradesh, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1977	Mihir Chowdhury	West Bengal, India	Spectroscopy	Chemical Science
1976	Devadas Devaprabhakara	North Dakota, United States	Alicyclic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1975	Dewan Singh Bhakuni	Uttar Pradesh, India	Medicinal Chemistry	Chemical Science
1975	Animesh Chakravorty	West Bengal, India	Inorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1974	Usha Ranjan Ghatak	West Bengal, India	Stereochemistry	Chemical Science
1974	Kuppuswamy Nagarajan	Tamil Nadu, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1973	Hirdaya Behari Mathur	Rajasthan, India	Spectroscopy	Chemical Science
1973	Manapurathu Verghese George	Kerala, India	Photochemistry	Chemical Science
1972	A. P. B. Sinha	North Dakota, United States	Solid State Chemistry	Chemical Science
1972	Satinder Vir Kessar	Haryana, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1971	Manojit Mohan Dhar	Uttar Pradesh, India	Medicinal Chemistry	Chemical Science
1970	P. T. Narasimhan	North Dakota, United States	Theoretical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1969	Amolak Chand Jain	Delhi, India	Bioorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1968	Prof. Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao Also won: Padma Vibhushan (1985) , Bharat Ratna (2014)	Karnataka, India	Solid State Chemistry	Chemical Science
1967	Mushi Santappa	Andhra Pradesh, India	Physical Chemistry	Chemical Science
1966	N. A. Ramaiah	Andhra Pradesh, India	Sugar Chemistry	Chemical Science
1965	Sadhan Basu	West Bengal, India	Polymer Chemistry	Chemical Science
1965	Ram Charan Mehrotra	Uttar Pradesh, India	Organometallic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1964	Dr. Sukh Dev Also won: Padma Bhushan (2008)	Punjab, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1963	Dr. Bal Dattatriya Tilak Also won: Padma Bhushan (1972)	Maharashtra, India	Heterocyclic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1962	Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya	West Bengal, India	Organic Chemistry	Chemical Science
1961	Dr. Asima Chatterjee Also won: Padma Bhushan (1975)	West Bengal, India	Phytomedicine	Chemical Science
1960	T. R. Govindachari	Tamil Nadu, India	Bioorganic Chemistry	Chemical Science

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science Award Chart by Fields

This chart tracks Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science winners by year from 1960 to 2024, spanning 61 years, with the most wins (2) recorded in 1965.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science Award Chart by Disciplines

This chart groups 104 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science winners by Disciplines, across 1 distinct entry — Chemical Science leads with 104 wins.

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The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science covers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology winners recognized for Chemical Science.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science is part of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, a Science Awards award.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is awarded for For outstanding, notable research (fundamental or applied) in seven scientific disciplines.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science is presented by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology was first awarded in 1958.

The most recent Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology was awarded in 2024.

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