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SHEKHAR C MANDE

Oct. 14, 2018

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Shekhar C Mande as the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Research (DSIR).

About:

  • Shekhar C Mande is a structural biologist with a doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.

  • He is the director of the Pune-based National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) since 2011.

  • He is a recipient of the coveted SS Bhatnagar Prize, most prestigious science honour in the country, in 2005.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology?

·         Given by: CSIR.

·         When given: it is an annual award. The names of the recipients are traditionally declared by the Director General on every 26 September, which is the CSIR Foundation Day.

·         Prizes: The prize is divided into seven disciplines, namely: (1) Physical Sciences, (2) Chemical Sciences, (3) Biological Sciences, (4) Medical Sciences, (5) Mathematical Sciences, (6) Engineering Sciences and (7) Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science.

·         Further, each discipline can have multiple winners (maximum 2 individuals).

·         Prize money: ₹5 lakh.

·         The award is named after Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (1894 – 1955), the first director-general of the CSIR and the first Chairman of the UGC. In 1954 he was awarded Padma Bhushan.
Source : The Hindu

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