Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment has declared the State Young Scientist awards.

Winners are Ravi Shankar L., Scientist, Agroprocessing and Natural Products Division, NIIST,CSIR, Thiruvananthapuram; Mahesh Hariharan, Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry, IISER, Thiruvananthapuram; and Vineeth Chandrasekharan Nair, Scientist SD, Space Physics Laboratory, VSSC, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram.

The award carries a grant of Rs 50,000, a start-up research grant, and travel support for a visit abroad for presenting the research work at a conference.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will give away the awards on January 28 during the inaugural session of the 26th Kerala Science Congress.

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