List of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipients


is one of the highest multidisciplinary science awards in India. It was instituted in 1958 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in honor of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, its founder director and recognizes excellence in scientific research in India.

List of recipients

General information

CategoryYear startedTotal recipientsFirst recipient
Biological Sciences
1960
99
Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan
Chemical Sciences
1960
96
Tuticorin Raghavachari Govindachari
Earth, Atmosphere Ocean and Planetary Sciences
1972
50
Kshitindramohan Naha
Engineering Sciences
1960
80
Homi Nusserwanji Sethna
Mathematical Sciences
1959
71
Komaravolu Chandrasekharan
Medical Sciences
1961
64
Ram Behari Arora
Physical Sciences
1958
100
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan

Biological Sciences

YearRecipientPlaceSpecialization
1960Tamil NaduPlant pathology
1961Tamil NaduGenetics
1962West BengalGlycobiology
1963West BengalBiochemistry
1964PunjabPlant breeding
1965Tamil NaduMycology
1966Andhra PradeshGenetics
1966DelhiCytogenetics
1967DelhiCytogenetics
1968DelhiBiochemistry
1971KeralaMarine biology
1971OdishaGerontology
1972West BengalPlant pathology
1972RajastanMolecular biology
1973DelhiGenetics
1973PunjabCell biology
1974MaharashtraEvolutionary biology
1975MaharashtraCytogenetics
1975Uttar PradeshGenetics
1976DelhiPlant pathology
1976Uttar PradeshImmunology
1977Tamil NaduReproductive biology
1978USAMolecular biology
1979Tamil NaduNeurophysiology
1979West BengalEnzymology
1980Uttar pradeshPlant ecology
1980West BengalMolecular biology
1981Uttar PradeshGenetics
1981Uttar PradeshBiochemistry
1982KarnatakaBiophysics
1982Tamil NaduMicrobial genetics
1983Tamil NaduBiochemistry
1984Tamil NaduBioenergetics
1984KeralaBiophysics
1985RajastanMembrane biology
1985KeralaStructural biology
1986MaharashtraConservation biology
1987HaryanaPlant physiology
1987RajastanGlycobiology
1988West BengalStructural biology
1988KarnatakaBiological Sciences
1989West BengalBiochemistry
1989Uttar PradeshGenetics
1990West BengalBiophysics
1991Uttar PradeshVirology
1991KarnatakaReproductive biology
1992Tamil NaduGenetic engineering
1992West BengalMolecular biology
1993KarnatakaMolecular biology
1993Uttar PradeshEcology
1994Andhra PradeshBiophysics
1994DelhiParasitology
1995KarnatakaGenetics
1995BiharMolecular biology
1996Uttar PradeshMolecular biology
1996KarnatakaFood technology
1997MaharashtraBiotechnology
1997Tamil NaduMicrobiology
1998DelhiImmunology
1998KarnatakaBiotechnology
1999West BengalStructural biology
1999KarnatakaMolecular biology
2000MaharashtraBiochemistry
2000KarnatakaStructural biology
2001Madhya PradeshMolecular biology
2001West BengalMembrane biophysics
2002West BengalMolecular biology
2002KarnatakaBiophysics
2003MaharashtraStem cell biology
2004West BengalGenetics
2004Andhra PradeshGenetics
2005MaharashtraStructural biology
2005West BengalMolecular biology
2006Uttar PradeshBiophysics
2006DelhiChemical biology
2007Tamil NaduGenomics
2007DelhiNeurobiology
2008MaharashtraGenetics
2008Uttar PradeshBioinformatics
2009KarnatakaGenetics
2009MaharashtraImmunology
2010MaharashtraGenomics
2010MaharashtraNeuroscience
2011DelhiStructural biology
2011Tamil NaduMolecular biology
2012West BengalGenomics
2012West BengalMolecular biology
2013KeralaBiophysics
2014Uttar PradeshBiophysics
2015KarnatakaBiophysics
2015Uttar PradeshGenetics
2016KarnatakaNeuroscience
2016West BengalMolecular biology
2017KeralaPlant pathology
2017DelhiCancer biology
2018MaharashtraMembrane biochemistry
2018KarnatakaDNA repair
2019West BengalImmunology
2019MaharashtraStructural biology

Chemical Sciences

YearRecipientPlaceSpecialization
1960Tamil NaduBioorganic chemistry
1961West BengalPhytomedicine
1962West BengalOrganic chemistry
1963MaharashtraHeterocyclic chemistry
1964PunjabOrganic chemistry
1965West BengalPolymer chemistry
1965Uttar PradeshOrganometallic chemistry
1966Andhra PradeshSugar chemistry
1967Andhra PradeshPhysical chemistry
1968KarnatakaSolid state chemistry
1969DelhiBioorganic chemistry
1970USATheoretical chemistry
1971Uttar PradeshMedicinal chemistry
1972USASolid state chemistry
1972HaryanaOrganic chemistry
1973RajastanSpectroscopy
1973KeralaPhotochemistry
1974West BengalStereochemistry
1974Tamil NaduOrganic chemistry
1975Uttar PradeshMedicinal chemistry
1975West BengalInorganic chemistry
1976USAAlicyclic chemistry
1977Andhra PradeshOrganic chemistry
1977West BengalSpectroscopy
1978MaharashtraMolecular biophysics
1978RajastanOrganic chemistry
1981Tamil NaduBiochemistry
1981West BengalTheoretical chemistry
1982Uttar PradeshChemical physics
1982Andhra PradeshOrganic synthesis
1983OdishaComputational chemistry
1983West BengalBiological chemistry
1984Tamil NaduPhotochemistry
1984KarnatakaNanomaterials
1986MaharashtraBiochemistry
1987West BengalTheoretical chemistry
1988Uttar PradeshPolymer chemistry
1989Tamil NaduOrganometallic chemistry
1989AssamInorganic chemistry
1990Tamil NaduTheoretical chemistry
1990Andhra PradeshNanomaterials
1991KarnatakaBiophysical chemistry
1991Andhra PradeshAgrochemistry
1992KarnatakaMolecular electronics
1992West BengalOrganometallic chemistry
1993MaharashtraTheoretical chemistry
1993Tamil NaduInorganic Chemistry
1994West BengalSolid state chemistry
1994KeralaTheoretical chemistry
1995KarnatakaComputational chemistry
1995KeralaTheoretical chemistry
1996Tamil NaduOrganic chemistry
1996Tamil NaduPhysical chemistry
1997Andhra PradeshOrganic chemistry
1997West BengalLaser Spectroscopy
1998KarnatakaBioinorganic chemistry
1998KarnatakaBioorganic chemistry
1999Uttar PradeshOrganic chemistry
1999West BengalSpectroscopy
2000IranOrganometallic chemistry
2000MaharashtraTheoretical chemistry
2001KarnatakaSupramolecular chemistry
2001KarnatakaBioinorganic chemistry
2002KarnatakaOrganic chemistry
2002Tamil NaduNanomaterials
2003KarnatakaChemical biology
2003Uttar PradeshInorganic chemistry
2004KarnatakaPhotochemistry
2004Uttar PradeshChiral ligand
2005West BengalInorganic chemistry
2005KarnatakaPolymer chemistry
2006KarnatakaElectrochemistry
2006KeralaPhotochemistry
2007West BengalFluid mechanics
2007KeralaSupramolecular chemistry
2008KeralaNanoparticles
2008Andhra PradeshOrganic chemistry
2009DelhiTheoretical chemistry
2009Tamil NaduOrganic chemistry
2010Uttar PradeshBioorganic chemistry
2010West Bengalmagnetic phenomena
2011Andhra PradeshComputational chemistry
2011KarnatakaComputational chemistry
2012KeralaBioorganic chemistry
2012Tamil NaduMedicinal chemistry
2013KarnatakaOrganic chemistry
2014West BengalBiophysical Chemistry
2014KarnatakaOrganic chemistry
2015Andhra PradeshMedicinal chemistry
2015West BengalInorganic chemistry
2016West BengalSupramolecular chemistry
2017TelanganaSpectroscopy
2018West BengalStructural chemistry
2018West BengalOrganometallic chemistry
2019KeralaTheoretical and computational organic chemistry
2019KarnatakaInorganic and material chemistry

Earth, Atmosphere Ocean and Planetary Sciences

YearRecipientPlaceSpecialization
1972West BengalPrecambrian geology
1976West BengalIgneous petrology
1976UttarakhandEnvironmental Geology
1977West BengalStructural geology
1977TelanganaSeismology
1978Uttar PradeshMarine geology
1978Andhra PradeshGeochemistry
1979Uttar PradeshSeismology
1980OdishaMathematical modelling
1980MaharashtraTheoretical geophysics
1982Tamil NaduGeochronology
1983TelanganaPrecambrian geology
1983TelanganaSeismology
1984KeralaGeochemistry
1984West BengalGeodynamics
1985Uttar PradeshGeophysical modelling
1986West BengalMineralogy
1986OdishaGeophysics
1987MaharashtraSignal processing
1988DelhiPhysical stratigraphy
1989Uttar PradeshPolar Research, Remote Sensing
1991West BengalStructural geology
1991Uttar PradeshGeophysics
1992GoaPhysical oceanography
1993OdishaMeteorology
1994AssamGeochronology
1995AssamMeteorology
1996Uttar PradeshGeophysics
1996Uttar PradeshBiogeochemistry, Green house gases
1998Tamil NaduPalaeoclimatology
2001Andhra PradeshMarine geophysics
2001AssamAtmospheric modelling
2002West BengalSeismology
2002MaharashtraAtmospheric sciences
2003UttaranchalIsotope geology
2003Andhra PradeshPaleontology
2005West BengalStructural geology
2006West BengalMetamorphic petrology
2006MaharashtraAtmospheric sciences
2007Uttar PradeshSpace science
2008KeralaPhysical Oceanography
2009KeralaAtmospheric Aerosols
2011KarnatakaOceanography
2014Uttar PradeshAtmospheric Sciences
2015OdishaGeochemistry
2016GujaratGeochemistry
2017KeralaAtmospheric aerosols
2018West BengalEnvironmental geochemistry
2018Andhra PradeshAtmospheric Sciences
2019West BengalIndian monsoon, hydro-meteorology and hydrology

Engineering Sciences

YearRecipientPlaceSpecialization
1960MaharashtraChemical Engineering
1962PunjabSuri-Transmission
1963PunjabMetallurgy
1964Uttar PradeshMetallurgical Engineering
1965TelanganaElectronic engineering
1966Uttar PradeshEarthquake engineering
1967Tamil NaduMetallurgy
1968TamilFertilizer science
1971SikkimProduction Engineering
1972Uttar PradeshRadio astronomy
1972DelhiMicrowave engineering
1973RajastanChemical engineering
1974KarnatakaFluid dynamics
1974KarnatakaPower systems
1975KarnatakaSpace science
1976PunjabMultiphase phenomena
1976Tamil NaduComputer science
1978Uttar PradeshFluid-Film lubrication
1978KeralaControl systems
1979Andhra PradeshMetallurgy
1980KarnatakaMaterials science
1981West BengalSignal processing
1982GoaChemical engineering
1983MaharashtraHeat transfer
1983KeralaSpace science
1984Madhya PradeshOptical physics
1984Tamil NaduCatalysis
1985Andhra PradeshMetallurgy
1986PunjabSound engineering
1987Uttar PradeshComputational thermodynamics
1988DelhiSignal processing
1988MaharashtraChemical reaction engineering
1989KeralaFinite element methods
1989West BengalMetallurgy
1990West BengalFuzzy neural network
1990SingaporeStructural mechanics
1991MaharashtraNuclear science
1992MaharashtraStochastic control
1993KarnatakaMetallurgy
1993AustraliaCatalysis
1994Andhra PradeshSurface engineering
1995West BengalPhysical metallurgy
1997MaharashtraPolymer processing
1998DelhiPhotonics
1998West BengalTelecommunications
1999Tamil NaduFracture mechanics
2000Tamil NaduFluid dynamics
2000West BengalComputer science
2002RajastanChemical engineering
2003KarnatakaMaterials engineering
2003West BengalBifurcation theory
2004West BengalImage processing
2004MaharashtraFluid dynamics
2005Andhra PradeshNanoelectronics
2005TripuraComputer science
2006MaharashtraPolymer dynamics
2006Uttar PradeshComputational fluid dynamics
2007TelanganaFluid Dynamics
2007Tamil NaduMetallurgy
2008DelhiCommunications theory
2009KarnatakaPolymer engineering
2009KarnatakaComputer science
2010Andhra PradeshTopology optimization
2010West BengalComputer science
2011West BengalChemical engineering
2011Andhra PradeshMaterials engineering
2012KarnatakaNanostructured materials
2012Tamil NaduVLSI Designs
2013West BengalCeramic engineering
2013West BengalNanofluids
2014Andhra PradeshEnvironmental engineering
2014MaharashtraComputer science
2015MaharashtraRheology
2016RajasthanMechanical engineering
2016KarnatakaComputer science
2017West BengalMaterials engineering
2017KarnatakaWireless communications
2018MaharashtraFluid mechanics
2018MahrashtraTelecom networks
2019DelhiMachine learning, computer vision and computational advertising

Mathematical Sciences

YearRecipientPlaceSpecialization
1959Andhra PradeshNumber theory
1959KarnatakaCramér–Rao bound
1965Andhra PradeshNumber theory
1972Tamil NaduAlgebraic geometry
1972West BengalFluid dynamics
1975DelhiNumerical solutions
1975KarnatakaNarasimhan–Seshadri theorem
1976Tamil NaduQuantum stochastic calculus
1976PunjabForce-free magnetic field
1977Andhra PradeshLie groups
1978Tamil NaduFast Division Algorithm
1979Tamil NaduAlgebraic geometry
1979Tamil NaduNumber theory
1980Tamil NaduFiltered algebra
1981West BengalBayesian inference
1982Andhra PradeshStatistical Inference
1982Uttar PradeshMathematical modelling
1983Uttar PradeshPartial differential equations
1983PunjabGroup theory
1985Tamil NaduBlattner's conjecture
1985HaryanaNonlinear phenomena
1986Tamil NaduGame theory
1986Uttar PradeshGroup algebra
1987MaharashtraNumber theory
1987Tamil NaduAlgebra
1988Himachal PradeshHydrodynamics
1988DelhiMathematical theory of scattering
1989Uttar PradeshLie groups
1990Tamil NaduRiemann zeta function
1990KarnatakaErgodic theory
1991MaharashtraFrobenius split
1991Tamil NaduFrobenius splitting
1992RajastanMathematical modelling
1993MaharashtraCombinatorics
1993DelhiMathematical modelling
1994KeralaCommutative algebra
1995DelhiMatrix function
1996Tamil NaduSubfactor
1998Tamil NaduAlgebraic geometry
1998Tamil NaduString theory
1999Madhya PradeshProbability theory
2000West BengalStatistics
2001KarnatakaAlgebraic groups
2001OdishaOperator theory
2002Tamil NaduHarmonic analysis
2002MaharashtraNumber theory
2003Uttar PradeshAKS primality test
2003KarnatakaAlgebraic geometry
2004KarnatakaIwasawa theory
2004West BengalSequential analysis
2005West BengalQuantile regression
2005MaharashtraAlgebraic geometry
2006Tamil NaduAlgebraic geometry
2006MaharashtraAlgebraic geometry
2007West BengalOperator theory
2008MaharashtraCombinatorics
2009TelanganaAlgebra
2011West BengalHyperbolic geometry
2011West BengalCryptology
2012KarnakataProbability theory
2012West BengalNoncommutative geometry
2013MaharashtraNumber theory
2014KarnatakaComplex analysis
2015KarnatakaElliptic partial differential equation
2015MaharashtraNumber theory
2016MaharashtraAlgebraic geometry
2016DelhiTheoretical computer science
2017
2018DelhiTheoretical computer science
2018Uttar PradeshTheoretical computer science
2019GujaratContact and symplectic topology
2019West BengalCommutative algebra and affince algebraic geometry

Medical Sciences

YearRecipientPlaceSpecialization
1961RajasthanCardiovascular pharmacology
1963Uttar PradeshNeurophysiology
1963Uttar PradeshToxicology
1965Andhra PradeshPathology
1965West BengalMicrobiology
1966West BengalHaemoglobinopathy
1966MaharashtraCardiology
1967USAMycology
1967West BengalCardiac surgery
1968MaharashtraNeurobiology
1968West BengalPharmacology
1969BiharPharmacology
1969Tamil NaduNeurosurgery
1960PunjabCardiothoracic surgery
1960West BengalNeurophysiology
1960GujaratPharmacology
1960KarnatakaEndocrinology
1960Andhra PradeshNeurophysiology
1960KarnatakaReproductive biology
1981Uttar PradeshVirology
1983DelhiImmunology
1984Uttar PradeshNeuropharmacology
1984Uttar PradeshMolecular biology
1985West BengalNeurophysiology
1986Uttar PradeshImmunology
1986DelhiMicrobiology
1990HaryanaPediatrics
1991Madhya PradeshNeurobiology
1992Andhra PradeshImmunology
1992PunjabImmunogenetics
1993Madhya PradeshClinical anatomy
1994DelhiMolecular biology
1994MaharashtraImmunology
1995Uttar PradeshBiochemistry
1995OdishaVirology
1996Tamil NaduNeurosciences
1996RajastanHepatology
1997HaryanaImmunology
1997BiharMolecular biology
1998KeralaMicrobiology
1999Andhra PradeshMolecular biology
2000Uttar PradeshVirology
2001West BengalNeurobiology
2002Uttar PradeshNeurology
2003DelhiMolecular biology
2003West BengalGlaucoma
2004MaharashtraParasitology
2005Uttar PradeshImmunology
2006HaryanaCell biology
2007KarnatakaGene expression
2008DelhiEndocrinology
2009MaharashtraOcular oncology
2010DelhiHuman genomics, Ayurgenomics
2011KarnatakaMycology
2012MaharashtraNuclear medicine
2013Uttar PradeshImmunology
2014DelhiLung diseases
2015MaharashtraNeurosciences
2016TelanganaMolecular epidemiology, genomics
2017MaharashtraGenomics
2017DelhiVaccine development
2018KarnatakaPsychiatry
2019DelhiImmunology, cell biology
2019Andhra PradeshDacryology

Physical Sciences

YearRecipientPlaceSpecialization
1958Tamil NaduRaman scattering
1960KeralaParticle physics
1961Tamil NaduRamachandran plot
1962GujaratSpace science
1963KarnatakaNuclear physics
1964Uttar PradeshCrystallography
1965Andhra PradeshCrystallography
1966Tamil NaduCrystallography
1966Uttar PradeshSemiconductor devices
1967Uttar PradeshGeophysics
1968West BengalEnvironmental physics
1969DelhiParticle physics
1970Andhra PradeshAstrophysics
1971KeralaNuclear physics
1972West BengalCrystallography
1972UttarakhandNanotechnology
1973Uttar PradeshHigh energy physics
1974BiharSolid state gravitation
1974Uttar PradeshPlasma physics
1975West BengalSemiconductor physics
1975PunjabMaterial physics
1976West BengalCondensed matter physics
1976Tamil NaduCondensed matter physics
1978MaharashtraSteady state cosmology
1978Tamil NaduCondensed matter physics
1979BiharCondensed matter physics
1979Uttar PradeshOptical physics
1980Tamil NaduMolecular reaction dynamics
1980KarnatakaQuantum mechanics
1981Tamil NaduMagnetic resonance phenomena
1981DelhiHigh energy physics
1982KarnatakaCondensed matter physics
1982Uttar PradeshQuantum optics
1983MaharashtraNuclear physics
1983DelhiTheoretical physics
1984USAliquid crystals
1984MaharashtraAstroparticle physics
1985ChhattisgarhCondensed matter physics
1985Uttar PradeshNanooptics
1986Jammu and KashmirPlasma physics
1987West BengalHigh energy physics
1987PunjabRadio astronomy
1988DelhiCondensed matter physics
1988Uttar PradeshNanotechnology
1989Tamil NaduNonlinear dynamics and chaos theory
1989KarnatakaLiquid crystals
1990Madhya PradeshNanotechnology
1990Tamil NaduCondensed matter physics
1991MaharashtraStatistical physics
1991MaharashtraMolecular physics
1992DelhiSemiconductor devices
1992KeralaCondensed matter physics
1993Tamil NaduQuantum optics
1993MaharashtraRadio astronomy
1994West BengalSolid state physics
1994Uttar PradeshTheoretical physics
1995MaharashtraStatistical physics
1996KeralaCosmology
1997West BengalQuantum annealing
1997Uttar PradeshParticle physics
1998KarnatakaCondensed matter physics
1998USAHigh energy physics
1999Tamil NaduSuperconductivity
1999MaharashtraTheoretical physics
2000KarnatakaCondensed matter physics
2000MaharashtraGeneral relativity and gravitation
2001KarnatakaCondensed matter physics
2002USACondensed matter physics
2002KarnatakaAstrophysics
2003MaharashtraPlasma physics
2003Uttar PradeshHigh energy physics
2004KarnatakaStatistical mechanics
2005Uttar PradeshCondensed matter physics
2006DelhiStatistical physics
2006FranceQuantum gravity
2007MaharashtraRadio astronomy
2007Uttar PradeshCondensed matter physics
2008MaharashtraCosmology
2008KarnatakaTheoretical physics
2009Uttar PradeshString theory
2009KarnatakaCondensed matter physics
2010KarnatakaCondensed matter physics
2010West BengalCondensed matter physics
2011MaharashtraString theory
2012KarnatakaSemiconductors
2012West BengalTheoretical physics
2013MaharashtraHigh energy physics
2013KarnatakaCondensed matter physics
2014MaharashtraSuperconductivity
2014MaharashtraOptical physics
2015OdishaHigh energy physics
2015MaharashtraMesoscopic physics
2016OdishaCondensed matter physics
2016KarnatakaHigh-energy physics
2017MaharashtraAstronomy
2017RajasthanMaterials science
2018Uttar PradeshQuantum Information & Computing
2018KarnatakaNano-science
2019West BengalTheoretical physics
2019West BengalExperimental condensed matter physics