The winners of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards
1 min read 17 Nov 2014, 08:35 PM ISTFrom artificial rain to advanced Web search, these researchers have been in dogged pursuit of knowledge, which has brought them the country's most prestigious science awards this year
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From artificial rain to advanced Web search, these researchers have been in dogged pursuit of knowledge, which has brought them the country’s most prestigious science awards this year. Named after the first director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, (CSIR) the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are presented every year. This year’s winners include researchers in cancer-causing biological molecules, travelling proteins within cells and bioenergy. Here’s a look at the 2014 winners:
Handling complex variables
KAUSHAL KUMAR VERMA
Kaushal Kumar Verma—associate professor in the department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore—is a man of few words, who has been interested in several complex variables, a branch of mathematics dealing with functions containing complex variables. A complex variable is a variable that has real and imaginary components. His work is mostly related to holomorphic mappings. In mathematics, holomorphic functions are central to understanding complex analysis—also known as the theory of functions of a complex variable. Its applications include algebraic geometry, number theory, applied mathematics, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics and aerospace.
Search for the perfect superconductor
PRATAP RAYCHAUDHURI
Forces in a cell
ROOP MALLIK
Developing the human search engine
SOUMEN CHAKRABARTI
Studying organic synthesis
KAVIRAYANI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD
Kavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad from the Indian Institute of Science, who won the award in the category of chemical sciences, works in the area of organic synthesis with a focus on developing newer and better methods for the construction of molecular structures which are of therapeutic importance.
Converting waste into bioenergy
S. VENKATA MOHAN
The link between obesity and asthma
ANURAG AGRAWAL
Manipulating the microRNA
SOUVIK MAITI
Working with clouds
SACHCHIDA NAND TRIPATHI
Monitoring atoms in ultra-cold temperatures
SADIQALI ABBAS RANGWALA
