Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Infosys India Prize

Infosys Technologies, where I worked earlier, has recently created the Infosys India Prize. This is a prize for researchers, in five categories:

The annual award for each category is Rs. 50 lakh.

(That's roughly $100,000 at today's exchange rates.)

The categories are:

Physical Sciences – Physics and Chemistry

Mathematical Sciences – Mathematics and Statistics

Engineering Sciences – All branches of Engineering

Life Sciences – Biology and Medicine

Social Sciences and Economics – Economics, History, Sociology, Political Sciences and other Social Sciences

Announcing the award, Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor and Chairman of the Board, Infosys Technologies Ltd. said, “India needs bright minds across all areas of academics, government, business and society to strive for global excellence. We need to encourage research in India to address our developmental problems. This award will honor outstanding researchers who will make a difference to India’s future.”


- Vasudev Ram - Dancing Bison Enterprises.

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