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The winners of this year's Infosys Science Foundation awards include an eclectic mix of personalities ranging from a monk to an ex-army officer.
Umesh Waghmare from the theoretical sciences unit of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, was selected for his innovative use of first-principles theories and his investigations of microscopic mechanisms responsible for specific properties of materials such as ferroelectrics and graphene.
The Infosys Prize, which was instituted in 2009 with the aim of encouraging science research in the country, carries a purse of ₹65 lakh in each of the six categories.
Awardees In humanities, Jonardon Ganeri, the global network visiting professor at New York University and recurrent visiting professor, department of philosophy, King's College in the UK, was awarded for showing originality in interpreting and scrutinising analytical Indian philosophy as well as the dichotomy between Indian and Greek traditions.
In the sphere of life sciences, Amit Sharma from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) was recognised for his contributions to deciphering molecular structure, at the atomic level of key proteins involved in the biology of pathogenesis of the deadly malarial parasite.
In Mathematical Sciences, Mahan Maharaj, a monk and associate professor at the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur Mutt, was chosen for his contribution to geometric group theory, low-dimensional topology and complex geometry.
Categories of physical and social sciences awardees included G Ravindra Kumar of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) for making significant contributions in acoustic waves and the physics of high intensity laser matter interactions.
In social sciences, Srinath Raghavan, an ex-army officer from the Centre for Policy Research, was awarded for his research that synthesises military history, international politics and strategic analysis on India in the global context.
SD Shibulal, president, Board of Trustees, Infosys Science Foundation, told BusinessLine that the initiative is making continuous progress and is flaming scientific curiosity amongst students.
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