Names of 30 Young (Under the age of 35) Scientists were announced for the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) medals in April 2017. Each Awardee will be presented a medal, a certificate and cash prize of Rs. 25,000. The awardee, within 5 years of receipt of award, will be considered for a visit abroad with full support for presenting research work at conferences and participate in collaborative/training research projects for upto 10 days wherever possible.
The award, consisting of a bronze medal and cash award of Rs. 25000 will be given to the recipients during INSA's Anniversary Meeting scheduled in December 2017. Here is the list of INSA Award Winners of 2017:
Recipient
Honoured for
Swati Agarwal, PhD, Solomon Snyder Department of Neuroscience, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Elucidating the effect of Bisphenol A on neuronal progenitor and neuronal cells and the mechanism by which it affects autophagy and mitochondrial dynamics
Md Mahiuddin Baidya, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
His contributions towards development of news protocols and for the synthesis of biologically important molecules
Priyoneel Basu, PhD, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Pioneering studies on the role of 5-HTP (a precursor of the neurotransmitter serotonin) in resetting the phase of the circadian activity-rest rhythm in mice
Sanchari Bhattacharyya, PhD, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Designing minimal protein immunogens based on glycoprotein gp120 of HIV-1 as a potential future vaccine against HIV with reduced aggregation properties and higher stability
Vashist Bist, PhD, Texas Instruments India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru
His outstanding contribution in the area of DC motor drives for low power applications
Anup Biswas, PhD, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
His study of the Dirichlet problem for stable-like operators and related probabilistic representations of solutions of stochastic differential equations with jumps
Kunal Chakraborty, PhD, ESSO- Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad
His outstanding contributions on modelling of marine ecosystem variability in the Indian Ocean
Swetaprovo Chaudhuri, PhD, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Outstanding contributions in turbulent combustion laser diagnostics and high performance CFD computation
Debraj Choudhury, PhD, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
His insights into the physics of multi-ferroics and oxide systems, and the discovery of exceptional dielectric properties in a series of compounds
Srishti Dar, PhD, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Developing an elegant assay system of arrayed supported membrane tubes whose dimensions can be controlled to mimic the topology of tubular intermediates generated during membrane fission and for demonstrating the role of GTP hydrolysis and PH domain in membrane constriction and faster kinetics of dynamin catalyzed fission
Riddhi Datta, PhD, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Government College, Kolkata
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of glutathione- salicylic acid- and ethylene interactions in plant defense signaling network
Yogeshwaran Dhandapani, PhD, Statistics and Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru
His significant work on asymptotic behavior of random complexes, topology of dynamic Erdös-Renyi clique complexes and asymptotics for geometric functionals of general point processes
Dipak Gayen, PhD, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi
Cloning the rice r9- LOX1 gene and showing increased viability and storage stability of nutritional components of golden rice seeds by its down regulation through RNAi and for studying regulation of iron transport in roots by miRNA
Sahana Holla, PhD, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA
Providing novel insights into immune evasion and survival strategies of mycobacteria
Dinesh Jagadeesan, PhD, Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
His approaches towards development of new catalysts and activation of CO2
Smita Kumar, PhD, Centre of Biomedical Research, SGPGI Campus, Lucknow
Significant contributions in understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in detoxification of heavy metals like As and S in plants
Bodhisatta Nandy, PhD, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Behrampur
Comprehensive experimental evidence, using the Drosophila model system, for the major tenets of the theory of sexual selection and inter-sexual conflict
Joe Philip Ninan, PhD, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
His studies of outburst phenomena in young stellar objects, and development of necessary instruments
Ashutosh Pandey, PhD, Faculty of Biology, Chair of Genome Research & CeBiTec, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Metabolic engineering of flavonoid and carotenoid biosynthesis in higher plants
Rucha Kiran Patil, PhD, Genetic Research Center, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai
Identifying novel roles of cell derived micro particles in important clinical conditions like recurrent pregnancy loss and dengue fever complications
Kartik Prasad, PhD, Mechanical Behavior Group, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad
His outstanding contributions in the development of indigenous instrumentation for thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF) crack growth experiments, its utilization for studying TMF in aerospace grade Ti and Ni alloys, and subsequently for using such knowledge in enhancing the remaining life of aeroengines
Sanjay Pratihar, PhD, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Tezpur
His outstanding contributions to multi-metal complexes, theoretical understanding, selective sensing of Hg2+ ions and important applications in agriculture
Uday Kumar B Reddy, PhD, Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
His stellar work in automatic parallelization in high performance computing
Aravind Kumar Rengan, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Devising a novel way of nano delivery using liposomes and gold nanoparticles, which is useful for both imaging and therapeutics
Arnab Sen, PhD, Department of Theoretical Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
His outstanding contributions towards developing quantum Monte Carlo methods to probe quantum critical points
Sunil Shetty, PhD, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
Providing novel insights about roles of the 3GC pairs in initiator tRNA in translation
Vikas Kumar Singh, PhD, Center of Excellence in Genomics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad
Developing large scale genetic and genomic resources, including sequencing–based mapping, for fusarium wilt resistance and sterility mosaic disease resistance in pigeonpea and for contribution to development of molecular breeding lines in rice
Devanjan Sinha, PhD, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Delineating the complexity and substrate specificity of mitochondrial transport machines and for establishing their role in maintenance of mitochondrial function in diverse physiological states
Jitendra Thakur, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research, Washington, USA
Elucidating mechanisms of centromere and kinetochore formation in Candida species
Vikram Vishal, PhD, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
His outstanding contributions on hydro-dynamics of fluid flow in unconventional reservoirs
The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) was established in January 1935 with the object of promoting science in India and harnessing scientific knowledge for the cause of humanity and national welfare. The foundation of the Academy, earlier known as the National Institute of Sciences of India (NISI), was the outcome of joint endeavours of several organizations and individuals and the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) playing a leading role in this regard.