Elsevier and NASI Honor Promising Young Scientists in India
New Delhi: India : Sagar Media Inc: Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services,and the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)honor the academic research achievement of nine young scientists at the 7th NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Awards.
The ceremony, held yesterday at The Park Hotel, New Delhi,was attended by more than 150 guests representing India’s top scientific fraternity, including Shri S.Jaipal Reddy, Honorable Minister of Science & Technology of the Ministry of Earth Sciences India, who presented the awards.
Recognizing India’s increasing contribution to world science, Elsevier first launched the Scopus Young Scientist Awards in 2006 to honor the talent, knowledge and expertise of India’s early career researchers.
Elsevier’s collaborationwith NASI began in 2009 when the award was officiallyinstitutionalizedwithin the Indian scientific community. The award honors researchers who are building their careers in academic research and is designed to help them gain recognition of their work.
Into the seventh year, the Scopus Young Scientist Awards attracted more than 600 applications from multiple premier research institutions from across the country. Applications were judged by a distinguished panel of 37 subject matter experts from India’s academic community. The jury looked at: the quality and number of publications, fellowships of academies, awards and grants received, relevance of the scientific work and its outcome, and the overall presentation and discussion at the in person meeting. Special consideration was also given to novel ideas and innovations which have potential for future research and commercial application.
The nine selected winners represent academic research excellence in nine different fields of sciencewhich will help drive innovation and development at a national level.
The winners are:
Agriculture
Dr. Mukesh Jain
Staff Scientist, National Institute of Plant Genome Research -New Delhi
Biological Sciences
Dr.SathyanarayanaGummadi
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology -Chennai
Chemistry
Dr. Tapas Kumar Maji
Associate Professor – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Earth, Oceanographic & Environmental Sciences
Dr. Supriyo Mitra
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
Engineering
Dr. Yogesh M. Joshi
Associate Professor – Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Mathematics
Dr. L Sunil Chandran
Associate Professor – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Medicine
Dr. Surinder Singh Rana
Assistant Professor- Post Graduate Institute of Medical education and Research, Chandigarh
Physics
Dr. Soma VeugopalRao
Associate Professor, University of Hyderabad
Social Sciences
Dr. K Jaishankar
Senior Assistant Professor-ManonmaniamSundaranar University, Tamil Nadu
“It is a pleasure for our academy to be associated with Elsevier for the Scopus Young Scientist Awards to promote excellence and nurture creativity in science. I hope our collaboration will continue with vigor in years to come and am confident that the NASI-Elsevier Scopus young Scientist Awards program will play its commendable role in future,” said Dr. K. Kasturirangan, President, National Academy of Sciences India.
“At Elsevier, we are very excited to be supporting and nurturing Indian research not only through our high-quality content and innovative solutions, but also through events like the Scopus Awards. Through our partnership with the National Academy of Sciences, India, we have been able to bring even more talented individuals to the award ceremony, making this experience all the more meaningful. In this way, the Scopus Awards both honor the excellent work of young scientists and bring together a dynamic group of researchers at the ceremony – we’re recognizing and building on the outstanding research being done in India today,”said Youngsuk “Y.S.” Chi,Chairman of Elsevier.
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