President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Infosys Prize 2015 on 6 winners in New Delhi. The awards were received by the Prof Umesh Waghmare, Prof Jonardon Ganeri, Dr Amit Sharma, Prof Mahan Mj, Prof G Ravindra Kumar and Dr Srinath Raghavan.
About the Infosys Prize 2015 Winners:
Engineering & Computer Science: Won by Prof. Umesh Waghmare of Theoretical Sciences Unit, of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore.
Prof. Umesh Waghmare was awarded for his innovative use of 1st principles theories & modelling in insightful investigations of microscopic mechanisms responsible for specific properties of certain materials such as topological insulators, ferroelectrics, multiferroics & graphene.
Humanities: Won by the Prof. Jonardon Ganeri, Global Network Professor of Philosophy, New York University and Recurrent Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, King’s College London, UK.
Prof. Jonardon Ganeri was awarded for his originality in interpreting and scrutinizing analytical Indian Philosophy & shedding light on dichotomy between Indian & Greek traditions of philosophical reasoning.
Life Sciences: Won by the Dr. Amit Sharma, Group Leader, Structural and Computational Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi.
Dr. Amit Sharma was awarded for his pioneering contributions towards deciphering the molecular structure, at the atomic level, of key proteins involved in the biology of pathogenesis of the deadly malarial parasite.
Mathematical Sciences: Won by the Prof Mahan Mj, Professor of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
Prof Mahan Mj was awarded for establishing a central conjecture in the Thurston program to study hyperbolic Three-manifolds and introduced important new tools to study fundamental groups of complex manifolds.
Physical Sciences: Won by the Prof. G Ravindra Kumar, Professor in the Department of Nuclear and Atomic Physics (DNAP), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.
Prof. G Ravindra Kumar was awarded for his contributions to the physics of high intensity laser matter interactions. He provided, for the 1st time, unequivocal evidence of turbulent magnetic fields and the discovery of terahertz frequency acoustic waves, in laser produced hot dense plasmas. These results have significance to testing stellar and astrophysical scenarios.
Social Sciences: Won by the Dr. Srinath Raghavan, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
Dr. Srinath Raghavan was awarded for outstanding research that synthesizes military history, international politics, and strategic analysis into powerful & imaginative perspectives on India in global context.
About the Infosys Prize
• The prize was established in 2009 and is given in 6 categories.
• The 6 categories are: Engineering & Computer Science, Humanities, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences & Social Sciences
• The Infosys Prize is awarded under the aegis of the Infosys Science Foundation, a not for profit trust instituted in February 2009.
• The prize for each category consists of a purse of 65 lakh rupees, a 22 karat gold medallion and a citation certificate.
Pranab Mukherjee conferred Infosys Prize 2015 In New Delhi
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