Scientists Get the Award for their research

"Nine scientists were on Sunday chosen for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize 2010 for their achievement in the field of science and technology, and for the first time, three of the awardees are women"
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The awards were announced at a function to mark the foundation day of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The CSIR also said its award for S&T Innovations for Rural Development 2009 will go to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd’s Research and Development Centre in Faridabad.
The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a citation and a plaque.
The awardees are:

• Sanjeev Galande of National Centre for Cell Science, Pune; Shubha Tole of TIFR, Mumbai;
  
• Swapan K Pati of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore;
• Sandeep Verma of IIT-Kanpur;
  
• G K Ananthasuresh, IISc, Bangalore;
  
• Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
• Mitali Mukerji of Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi (medical sciences);
• Umesh Vasudeo Waghmare, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore; and
  
• Kalobaran Maiti, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (physical sciences) will also get the honour.