Vigyan Gaurav Award

The Vigyan Gaurav Award or the Vigyan Gaurav Samman is a lifetime achievement award for scientific research conferred by the Council of Science and Technology, Government of Uttar Pradesh in India.^[1] The council also presents a Vigyan Ratna Award. Since 2013, the award includes cash price of ₹500,000 (US$6,000) which was earlier ₹100,000 (US$1,200).^[2] This is the highest science related award given by Uttar Pradesh government.^[3]

Recipients

2000 - Ved Prakash Kamboj
2001 - 2002 - Prem Chand Pandey
2002-03 - Dr. Lalji Singh - Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University^[4]
2003-04 - Dr. J. S. Yadav - director of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad^[5]
2003-04 - Dr. R. P. Bajpai - director of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), Chandigarh^[6]
2005-06 - Professor Javed Iqbal- Director, Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad
2008-09 - Prof. Anil Kumar Tyagi - head of biochemistry department, Delhi University^[7]
2008-09 - Prof. Kabiruddin - chemistry department, Aligarh Muslim University^[7]
2010-11 - Prof. R. K. Sharma - director of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences^[8]
2010-11 - Prof. Sunil Pradhan - neurologist at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences^[8]
2010-11 - Prof. Mohammad Iqbal - professor of Botany from Jamia Hamdard University^[8]
2010-11 - Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal - director of National Botanical Research Institute^[8]
2015-16 - Prof. Nirmal Kumar Gupta - Head of Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

References

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^ "Vigyan Gaurav Samman for Dr Bajpai". The Tribune. Chandigarh. 26 February 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "2 scientists honoured with Vigyan Gaurav Samman". Times of India. 30 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Award for excellence in science". The Times of India. Lucknow. 30 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.