The Latest Breaking News on Prizes

Next year, I'll become a Professor of Law Emeritus at UCLA School of Law, after 30 years of teaching, and move (effective July 1, 2024) to the Hoover Institution at Stanford, where I'll be a Senior Fellow—essentially like a permanent, tenured research faculty position, but with no teaching obligations. Technically,…

Govt. institutes Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP) to felicitate scientists, technologists & innovators. 56 prizes, no cash component, certificates & medallions. Awards for 13 categories, incl. physics, chemistry, biology, etc. & ‘Others’. Replaces 300 prizes, most internal, incl. DAE & Dept. of Space. Awarded annually on May 11 & Aug. 23.…

Kutcher’s wife, Mila Kunis, is also stepping down from board

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has disclosed that the court had prepared a platform to assess ‘top 50 judges’ in the country who would be considered for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court

Electric chopsticks and ‘jamais vu’ studies also scoop awards recognising research that makes people ‘laugh, then think’

Rather than reducing the number of science awards, there is actually a stronger case for expanding the remit of these awards

Immunologists behind pioneering cancer therapy also among recipients of most lucrative prize in science

At Ashoka Univ., Sonepat, controversy erupts over disbanding of Trivedi Centre for Political Data & removal of founding director Gilles Verniers. Members of Centre's Scientific Board allege Univ. didn't consult them & breached academic norms. Univ. refutes charges, says Verniers didn't clear tenure process.

Four persons from Bengaluru, including three from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (SSBP) for Science and Technology, 2022.