PM Modi Confers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for 2016, 2017 and 2018
- The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi presented the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in New Delhi on 28 February 2019.
- The award was presented for the year 2016, 2017 and 2018. A total of 35 recipients were presented with the award in different fields.
- The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is a multi-disciplinary science award in India presented annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). It was first presented in 1958.
- The award is given for research work (applied or fundamental) in the following fields:
- Biological Sciences
- Chemical Sciences
- Environment Sciences (Earth, Atmosphere Ocean and Planetary)
- Engineering Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Medical Sciences
- Physical Sciences