H K Firodia awards
H K Firodia awards for excellence in Science & Technology are given annually by the H K Firodia foundation. The awards were initiated in 1996 to recognize achievements by Indian scientists in any field of science, and aim to promote a scientific spirit among young Indians.
The awards are given at a ceremony in Pune, at hands of eminent chief guests such as Kapil Sibal, Mukesh Ambani, Verghese Kurien.
There are 2 awards every year:
- Award I: The main award is given to a person in recognition of his lifetime achievement and for his original contribution to the field of science & technology
- Award II: The second award is given to young and promising innovators, scientist and technologists who are also original contributors
List of Awardees
Source:| Year | Name | Subject |
| 1996 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | Engineering & Space |
| 1996 | Vijay P. Bhatkar | Computer Science |
| 1997 | C. N. R. Rao | Chemistry |
| 1997 | Anil Kakodkar | Nuclear |
| 1998 | Rajagopala Chidambaram | Nuclear |
| 1998 | S. K. Sikka | Nuclear |
| 1999 | Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan | Engineering & Space |
| 1999 | Paul Ratnasamy | Chemistry |
| 1999 | Man Mohan Sharma | Chemistry |
| 2000 | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar | Engineering & Space |
| 2000 | D. D. Bhawalkar | Nuclear |
| 2001 | Govind Swarup | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| 2001 | Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal | Engineering & Space |
| 2002 | M. S. Valiathan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2002 | Ashok Jhunjhunwala | Computer Science |
| 2003 | Prakash Narain Tandon | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2003 | Padmanabhan Balaram | Chemistry |
| 2004 | Obaid Siddiqi | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2004 | T. S. Prahlad | Engineering & Space |
| 2005 | M. S. Swaminathan | Agriculture |
| 2005 | G. Madhavan Nair | Engineering & Space |
| 2005 | Ashoke Sen | Mathematics |
| 2006 | Jayant Narlikar | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| 2006 | Shivram Bhoje | Nuclear |
| 2007 | Madhav Gadgil | Ecology |
| 2007 | Samir K. Brahmachari | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2008 | Raghavendra Gadagkar | Ecology |
| 2008 | C. S. Seshadri | Mathematics |
| 2009 | Yash Pal | Physics |
| 2009 | Mylswamy Annadurai | Engineering & Space |
| 2010 | Goverdhan Mehta | Chemistry |
| 2010 | Ajay K. Sood | Physics |
| 2011 | Roddam Narasimha | Engineering & Space |
| 2011 | Manindra Agrawal | Mathematics |
| 2012 | T. V. Ramakrishnan | Physics |
| 2012 | K. VijayRaghavan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2013 | Dipankar Das Sarma | Nano Technology |
| 2013 | M. S. Narasimhan | Mathematics |
| 2014 | Maharaj Kishan Bhan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2014 | Devang Khakar | Chemistry |
| 2015 | Baldev Raj | Nuclear |
| 2015 | Krishna N. Ganesh | Chemistry |
| 2016 | Sriram Ramaswamy | Physics |
| 2016 | Sanjeev Dhurandhar | Astrophysics |
| 2017 | A S Kiran Kumar | Aeronautics |
| 2017 | Ashutosh Sharma | Nanotechnology |
| 2018 | Sandip Trivedi | Theoretical physics |
| 2018 | Satyajit Mayor | Biology |