Seventeen scientists from scientific institutions across India were recently awarded the Swarnajayanti Fellowships for their innovative research ideas and the potential of creating impact on R&D in different disciplines. Six out the 17 scientists are from Maharashtra, of which three are from Mumbai and three are from Pune.
Scientists selected for the award will be allowed to pursue unfettered research with a freedom and flexibility in terms of expenditure as approved in the research plan. The scientists with proven track record and selected through a rigorous three layered screening process will pursue basic research in frontier areas of science and technology.
The Swanajayanti Fellowship scheme was instituted by Government of India to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence. Under the scheme the awardees are facilitated by the Department of Science & Technology, GOI with support for all the requirements for performing the research including a fellowship of INR 25,000 per month for five years. In addition, DST supports the awardees by giving them a research grant of INR 5 lakh for 5 years.
The fellowship is provided in addition to the salary they draw from their parent Institution. In addition to fellowship, grants for equipment, computational facilities, consumables, contingencies, national and international travel and other special requirements, are covered based on merit.
Below mentioned are the profiles of the scientists
Dr. Siddhesh S. Kamat from Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune, aims to provide new insights and therapeutic paradigms for orphan and/or emerging human neurological and immunological diseases.
Dr. Sakya Singha Sen from CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, is exploring main group compounds in homogeneous catalysis as surrogates for precious metals for developing greener, safer, and more cost-effective chemical processes.
Dr. Chandramouli Subramaniam is from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, in Chemical
Science works on understanding of the structure-property relations of nano-form of carbon
allotropes.
Dr. Mousomi Bhakta, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, in Mathematical
Science studies the existence, multiplicity of positive and sign-changing solutions to local and non-local elliptic equations applying tools from nonlinear analysis and to study various qualitative properties of solutions e.g. radial symmetry, regularity, apriori estimate, etc.
Dr. Ujjwal Koley,TIFR in Mathematical Science aims to design mathematical tools and robust numerical algorithms and to apply them to interesting problems that arise in the physical sciences.
Dr. Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in Engineering Science works on materials for electrochemical energy storage and advanced structural ceramics or composites like electrode materials and electrode/electrolyte interfaces.
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