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33 honoured with India’s most-coveted science prize

Dr Aditi Sen De of Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, is the only woman among the 33 scientists who were awarded for the year 2016, 2017 and 2018. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave away the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize — India’s most coveted science and technology award — to 33 winners of past three years on the occasion of National Science Day in Delhi on Thursday.(ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave away the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize — India’s most coveted science and technology award — to 33 winners of past three years on the occasion of National Science Day in Delhi on Thursday. Dr Aditi Sen De of Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, is the only woman among the 33 scientists who were awarded for the year 2016, 2017 and 2018. De was given the award in the “physical sciences” category for her contributions in quantum communication. She is the only woman to receive the award in this category.The last woman scientist to receive t...

National Science Day

National Science Day is celebrated all over India with great enthusiasm on 28 th  of February every year in order to commemorate the invention of the Raman Effect in India by the Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on the same day in the year 1928. For his great success in the field of science in India, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was awarded and honored with the Nobel Prize in the Physics in the year 1930. NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY 2019 National Science Day 2019 in India will be celebrated on Thursday, the 28 th  of February. National Science Day 2019 theme is – “Science for the People and People for Science”. NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences), Bangalore will observe the day by a science exhibition which will comprise of 60 different stalls of various departments showcasing their recent research and development work. The event will also play short videos of recent and current researches which are going on at NIMHANS. Var...