H. K. Firodia Awards

H. K. Firodia Awards for excellence in science and 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

The awards are given to any Indian citizen who has made original and outstanding contribution and done world class work in the field of science & technology and distinguished himself; the excellence may relate to any field of scientific endeavour from agriculture, engineering and medical sciences to space and environmental sciences.

List of awardees

Source: H K Firodia Foundation Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

See also

• List of general science and technology awards

Notes

External links

• Official website
• "H. K. Firodia Foundation - Official website". H. K. Firodia Foundation. 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.

1. Kinetic Engineering Limited
2. Arun Firodia
3. Ajay K. Sood
4. Sanjeev Dhurandhar
5. K. Vijayraghavan
6. List of general science and technology awards
7. Mylswamy Annadurai
8. S. K. Sikka
9. Baldev Raj
10. Ashutosh Sharma (chemical engineer)
11. Sriram Ramaswamy
12. A. S. Kiran Kumar
13. T. S. Prahlad
14. Anil Kakodkar
15. Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering
16. Dipankar Das Sarma
17. Madhav Gadgil
18. K N Ganesh
19. M. S. Swaminathan
20. Goverdhan Mehta