Bhubaneswar, Dec 6 : Prof Pravat Kumar Mohapatra (Sambalpur) and Prof Bidyut Kumar Das(SCB Medical College and Hospital,Cuttack) will receive “Biju Patnaik Award” for Scientific Excellence for the year 2021 and 2022 respectively.
The Odisha Bigyan Academy with approval of the Science and Technology Department announced various awards for scientists for the year 2021 and 2022 on Wednesday.
Both Prof Mohapatra and Prod Das will receive the cash award of Rs. 2 Lakh along with a medallion, memento and citation.
Prof. Hrudayanath Thatoi, (Life Science), Dr. Bikash Kumar Jena(Physical Science), Dr. Ashok Kumar Sahu (Engg. & Technology) and Dr. Narayan Prasad Padhy (Engg. & Technology) will receive the award in the category of “Samanta Chandrasekhar Award” for the year 2021.
Prof. Ramesh Chandra Patra (Life Science), Dr. Bhagyadhara Bhoi (Engg. & Technology) and Prof Debi Prasanna Kanungo (CSIR, Roorkee) will be awarded the Samanta Chandra Sekhar award for the year 2022.
They will be given Rs. 1 lakh along with citation and memento.
Dr. Basudeba Kar, Dr. Swagatika Dash, Dr. Bishnu Prasad Biswal will receive Odisha Young Scientists Award for the year 2021 while Dr.Soumya Ranjan Jena, Dr. Uttam Kumar Panigrahi, Dr. Soumya Prakash Dash and Dr. Rekha Biswal will get this award for the year 2022.
The Pranakrushna Parija Popular Science Book Award will be given to Arun Kumar Patra, Dr. Asit Kumar Swain for the year 2021 and Kartik Swain and Dr. Subhendu Patnaik for the year 2022.
The young scientists and the authors will receive a cash award of Rs. 25,000 with citation and memento.
As senior scientist with remarkable contribution Dr. Subasini Lenka, Dr. Nikhilananda Panigrahi, Prof. Ganapati Panda, Dr. Dhirendra Kumar Das and Dr. Ramachandra Mohanty will be felicitated for the year 2021 and Dr. Suboda Kumar Sahu, Dr. Bijay Ketan Patnaik, Prof. Siba Prasad Adhikary, Prof. Satyaban Jena and Dr. Monaranjan Kar for the year 2022.
Official sources said the awards and felicitation ceremony will be held in the near future.