11 Scientists Honoured With Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2012

Bangalore: Eleven scientists have been selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize-2012, India’s premier awards in the field of science and technology.

Shantanu Chowdhury of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology:

Shantanu Chowdhury bagged the prize in the field of biological sciences. Chowdhury is involved in exploring the functional relevance of DNA secondary structures like G quadruplexes at a genome-wide and molecular level. He has also received ‘National Bioscience Award For Career Development’ in 2010 and Swarnajayanti Fellowship in 2006-07.

Suman Kumar Dhar of the Special Centre for Molecular Medicine at the Jawaharlal Nehru University:

Suman Kumar Dhar also received the prize in the field of biological sciences. He has previously also been honored with many awards like Wellcome Trust Senior International Research Fellowship in London, Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship awarded by Humboldt Foundation, Germany and many more.

Gangadhar J Sanjayan of the CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune:

Gangadhar J Sanjayan bagged the prize in the area of chemical sciences.

(With PTI inputs)

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