Infosys Prize
{{Short description|Annual award given by the Infosys Science Foundation}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox award
| name = The Infosys Prize
| image = Infosys Prize.jpg
| awarded_for = Contributions in six categories of research:
- Engineering and Computer Science
- Humanities
- Life Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Social Sciences
| presenter = Infosys Science Foundation
| country = India
| year = 2008
| website = {{URL|http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com}}
}}
The Infosys Prize is an annual award granted to scientists, researchers, engineers and social scientists of Indian origin (not necessarily born in India){{Cite web|url=https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/ISF-announces-infosys-prize-2018.aspx|title=Infosys Prize - press release November 2018|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|language=en|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-date=14 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114100316/https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/ISF-announces-infosys-prize-2018.aspx|url-status=live}} by the Infosys Science Foundation and ranks among the highest monetary awards for research in India. The prize for each category includes a gold medallion, a citation certificate, and prize money of US$100,000 (or equivalent in Indian Rupees).{{Cite news|url=https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/ISF-announces-infosys-prize-2018.aspx|title=Infosys Prize press release November 2018|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-date=14 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114100316/https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/ISF-announces-infosys-prize-2018.aspx|url-status=live}} The prize purse is tax free for winners living in India.{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/infosys-science-foundation-awards-6-winners-including-2-iisc-professors-for-great-steps-in-respective-fields-1425222-2019-01-07|title=6 professors take home Infosys Science Foundation awards|access-date=22 January 2019|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122164918/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/infosys-science-foundation-awards-6-winners-including-2-iisc-professors-for-great-steps-in-respective-fields-1425222-2019-01-07|url-status=live}} The winners are selected by the jury of their respective categories, headed by the jury chairs.
In 2008, the prize was jointly awarded by the Infosys Science Foundation and National Institute of Advanced Studies for mathematics.{{cite web |publisher=Infosys Limited |url=http://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/infosys-mathematics-prize.aspx |title=Infosys Press Release |date=20 June 1988 |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-date=23 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223152919/http://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/infosys-mathematics-prize.aspx |url-status=live }} The following year, three additional categories were added: Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences. In 2010, Engineering and Computer Science was added as a category. In 2012, a sixth category, Humanities, was added.
Laureates in Engineering and Computer Science
The Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science has been awarded annually since 2010.
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scope=row | 2010
| {{sortname|Ashutosh|Sharma|Ashutosh Sharma (scientist)}} | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |Awarded "in recognition of his fundamental contributions to the fields of surfaces and interfaces, adhesion, pattern formation, nanocomposites, materials science, and hydrodynamics, which have practical applications in such areas as energy storage, filtration, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and optoelectronics." |
scope=row | 2011
| {{sortname|Kalyanmoy|Deb}} | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Awarded "for his work in the fields of evolutionary multi-objective optimization and genetic algorithms."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2011/kalyanmoy-deb.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2011 - Prof. Kalyanmoy Deb|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808203010/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2011/kalyanmoy-deb.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2012
| {{sortname|Ashish Kishore|Lele}} | National Chemical Laboratory |Awarded "for his incisive contributions in molecular tailoring of stimuli responsive smart polymeric gels; exploring the anomalous behavior of rheologically complex fluids, and for building the bridge between macromolecular dynamics and polymer processing."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2013
| {{sortname|V. Ramgopal|Rao}} | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |Awarded "for his wide-ranging contributions to nanoscale electronics, for integrating chemistry with mechanics and electronics to invent new functional devices, and for innovation and entrepreneurship in creating technologies and products of societal value."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2014
| {{sortname|Jayant|Haritsa}} |Awarded "for being a pioneer in the design and optimization of database engines that form the core of modern enterprise information systems. His many contributions have found direct use in various types of databases including decision‑support, biological and multilingual databases, as well as produced software tools for query optimization and metadata processing."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2015
| {{sortname|Umesh|Waghmare}} | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research |Awarded "for his innovative use of first- principles theories and modeling in insightful investigations of microscopic mechanisms responsible for specific properties of specific materials such as topological insulators, ferroelectrics, multiferroics and 2-dimensional materials like graphene."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2016
| {{sortname|Viswanathan|Kumaran}} |Awarded "for his seminal work in complex fluids and complex flows and especially in transition and turbulence in soft-walled tubes and channels."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2017
| {{sortname|Sanghamitra|Bandyopadhyay}} | Indian Statistical Institute | Awarded "for her scholarly record in algorithmic optimization and for its significant impact on biological data analysis. Her discoveries include a genetic marker for breast cancer, determination of co-occurrence of HIV and cancers and the role of white matter in Alzheimer's disease."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/sanghamitra-banyopadhyay.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018}}{{dead link|date=August 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} |
scope=row | 2018
| {{sortname|Navakanta|Bhat}} | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | Awarded "for his work on the design of novel biosensors based on his research in biochemistry and gaseous sensors that push the performance limits of existing metal-oxide sensors. The prize recognizes his efforts to build a state-of-the-art infrastructure for research and talent training in nanoscale systems and for developing technologies for space and national security applications."{{Cite web |title=Infosys Science Foundation Announces Winners of the 10th Infosys Prize |url=https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/2018/ISF-announces-infosys-prize-2018.html%3f |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.infosys.com}} |
scope=row | 2019
|Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay |Awarded "for her research in databases, data mining, machine learning and natural language processing, and for important applications of these research techniques."{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2019/sunita-sarawagi.asp|title=Sunita Sarawagi won the Infosys Prize 2019 in Engineering & Computer Science|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227063046/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2019/sunita-sarawagi.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2020
|Massachusetts Institute of Technology |Awarded "for his broad contributions to computer networking, his seminal work on mobile and wireless systems."{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/infosys-prize-2020-harvard-stanford-mit-iisc-scholars-among-winners |title=Infosys Prize 2020: Harvard, Stanford, MIT, IISc Scholars Among Winners |work=NDTV |date=3 December 2020 |access-date=4 December 2020 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203223929/https://www.ndtv.com/education/infosys-prize-2020-harvard-stanford-mit-iisc-scholars-among-winners |url-status=live }} |
scope=row | 2021
|Chandrasekhar Nair |Molbio Diagnostics |Awarded for "his development and large-scale commercialization of Truenat, a new point-of-care testing platform for PCR-based medical diagnostics. Dr. Nair’s work has enabled testing for millions of COVID-19 cases across resource-limited settings in India and the diagnosis of multiple infectious diseases including tuberculosis all over the world."{{Cite web|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2021 - Dr. Chandrasekhar Nair|url=https://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2021/chandrasekhar-nair.asp|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203041710/https://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2021/chandrasekhar-nair.asp|url-status=live}} |
2022
|Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |Awarded for "his pioneering work in elucidating the interaction of fluid mechanics, interfacial phenomena, and electromechanics at the micro- and nanoscale. Using this understanding he has helped to advance healthcare in resource-limited settings through the invention of novel low-cost medical devices for sensing, diagnostics and therapeutics."{{Cite web|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2022 - Prof. Suman Chakraborty|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2022/suman-chakraborty.html|access-date=2022-11-18| website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203041710/https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2022/suman-chakraborty.html|url-status=live}} |
2023
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |Awarded "for the deployment of large-scale sensor-based air quality network and mobile laboratory for hyper local measurements of pollution, data generation and analysis using AI+ML for effective air quality management and citizen awareness, and for the discovery of new pathways of aerosols formation and growth that provide mechanistic understanding of haze formation."{{Cite web|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2023 - Prof. Sachchida Nand Tripathi|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2023/sachchida-nand-tripathi.html|access-date=2022-11-18| website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203041710/https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2023/sachchida-nand-tripathi.html|url-status=live}} |
2024
|Awarded "for his impactful research and technology translation spanning multiple engineering domains in societally relevant areas such as smart-phone based affordable healthcare tools for low- and middle-income countries, battery-free computing and communication, and augmentation of human auditory sensing with artificial intelligence."{{Cite web|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2024/shyam-gollakota.html|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2024 - Shyam Gollakota|website=www.infosysprize.org}} |
Laureates in Humanities
The Infosys Prize in Humanities has been awarded annually since 2012.
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scope=row rowspan="2" | 2012
| {{sortname|Sanjay|Subrahmanyam}} | University of California, Los Angeles | Awarded "for his path-breaking contribution to history. He is an outstanding scholar of early-modern (1500-1800) South Asian history. He has been able to develop a new genre of 'connected history,’ involving persons, products, and social and political processes stretching from Melaka in the East to Portugal in the West."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2012/sanjay-subrahmanyam.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2012 - Prof. Sanjay Subrahmanyam|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233758/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2012/sanjay-subrahmanyam.asp|url-status=live}} |
{{sortname|Amit|Chaudhuri}}
| Awarded "for his imaginative and illuminating writings in literary criticism, which reflect a complex literary sensibility, and great theoretical mastery, along with a probing sense of detail. The Infosys Prize recognizes and celebrates the intellectual reach and the quiet humanity in his extraordinary writings."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2012/amit-chaudhury.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2013 - Dr. Amit Chaudhury|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018}} |
scope=row rowspan="2" | 2013
| {{sortname|Nayanjot|Lahiri}} | Awarded "for her outstanding contribution towards the integration of archaeological knowledge with the historical understanding of India from the earliest times. She is an exceptional scholar of proto-historic and early India. Her wide-ranging work on the past and present illuminates many aspects that include contemporary Indian society."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2013/nayanjot-lahiri.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2013 - Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815110733/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2013/nayanjot-lahiri.asp|url-status=live}} |
{{sortname|Ayesha|Kidwai}}
| Awarded "for her exceptional contribution to the field of theoretical linguistics. Her research on syntactic relations in Hindi-Urdu has related wider debates in linguistics to the study of Indian languages and has extended our understanding of India's linguistic diversity."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2013/ayesha-kidwai.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2013 - Prof. Ayesha Kidwai|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808202844/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2013/ayesha-kidwai.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2014
| {{sortname|Shamnad|Basheer}} | Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access and SpicyIP | Awarded "for his outstanding contributions to a broad range of legal issues and legal education. He has been doing this with remarkable fair‑mindedness in assessing opposing positions taken on quintessentially controversial areas, such as intellectual property laws."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2014/shamnad-basheer.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2013 - Prof. Shamnad Basheer|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233701/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2014/shamnad-basheer.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2015
| {{sortname|Jonardon|Ganeri}} | Awarded "for his outstanding scholarship and originality in interpreting and scrutinizing analytical Indian Philosophy. He has thrown light on the shared ground as well as the dichotomy between Indian and Greek traditions of philosophical reasoning, thereby illuminating both."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2016
| {{sortname|Sunil|Amrith}} | Awarded "for his outstanding contributions to the history of migration, environmental history, and the history of international public health, and in recognition of his field-changing research on the interrelated past of contemporary Asia."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2016/sunil-anrith.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Prof. Sunil Anrith|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018}} |
scope=row | 2017
| {{sortname|Ananya Jahanara|Kabir}} | Awarded "for her highly original explorations of the long-standing historical elements - conceptual, social and cultural - in colonial modernity, and for her subtle and insightful ethnography of cultural and political life in Kashmir."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/ananya-jahanara.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Prof. Ananya Jahanara Kabir|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018}}{{dead link|date=August 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} |
scope=row | 2018
| {{sortname|Kavita|Singh|Kavita Singh (scholar)}} | Awarded "for her extraordinarily illuminating study of Mughal, Rajput and Deccan art, as well as her insightful writing on the historical function and role of museums and their significance in the increasingly fraught and conflicted social world in which visual culture exists today." |
scope=row | 2019
|Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi |Awarded "for his highly original and wide-ranging work on pre-modern South India."{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2019/manu-devadevan.asp|title=Manu Devadevan wins the Infosys Prize in Humanities|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227063047/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2019/manu-devadevan.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2020
|Center for Studies in Social Sciences |Awarded "for her extraordinarily nuanced and highly sophisticated treatment of South Asian historiography." |
scope=row | 2021
|Ângela Barreto Xavier |University of Lisbon, Portugal |Awarded for "her deeply researched and sophisticated analysis of conversion and violence in the Portuguese empire in India, especially Goa.Her extensive body of writings in both English and Portuguese have shown Xavier to be an important and original voice on colonial and imperial history."{{Cite web|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2021 - Dr. Ângela Barreto Xavier|url=https://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2021/angela-barreto-xavier.asp|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203041708/https://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2021/angela-barreto-xavier.asp|url-status=live}} |
2022
| {{sortname|Sudhir|Krishnaswamy}} | National Law School of India University | Awarded for "his insightful understanding of the Indian Constitution, especially his carefully argued account of the importance of the landmark ‘basic structure doctrine’ adopted by the Supreme Court in 1973 that guides and constrains various efforts to amend it, while also ensuring its stability in the face of executive and legislative outcomes in India’s political life.{{Cite web|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2022 - Sudhir Krishnaswamy|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2022/sudhir-krishnaswamy.html|access-date=17 December 2022}} |
2023
| {{sortname|Jahnavi|Phalkey}} | Science Gallery Bengaluru | Awarded for "her brilliant and granular insights into the individual, institutional, and material histories of scientific research in modern India.{{Cite web|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2023 - Jahnavi Phalkey |url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2023/jahnavi-phalkey.html|access-date=29 April 2024}} |
2024
| Awarded for "his truly outstanding and seminal contributions to the study of maritime Islam in a global perspective...".{{Cite web|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2024/mahmood-kooria.html|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2024 - Mahmood Kooria|website=www.infosysprize.org}} |
Laureates in Life Sciences
The Infosys Prize in Life Sciences has been awarded annually since 2009.
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Laureates in Mathematical Sciences
The Infosys Prize in Mathematical Sciences has been awarded annually since 2008.
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Laureates in Physical Sciences
The Infosys Prize in Physical Sciences has been awarded annually since 2009.
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scope=row | 2009
| {{sortname|Thanu|Padmanabhan}} | Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics | Awarded "for his contribution to a deeper understanding of Albert Einstein's theory of gravity in the context of thermodynamics, and for his work on the large scale structure in cosmology."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2009/thanu-padmanabhan.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2009 - Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233703/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2009/thanu-padmanabhan.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2010
| {{sortname|Sandip|Trivedi}} | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |Awarded "for finding an ingenious way to solve two of the most outstanding puzzles of Superstring Theory simultaneously: What is the origin of dark energy of the Universe? Why is there no massless scalar particle?"{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2011
| {{sortname|Sriram|Ramaswamy}} | Awarded "for his research on various aspects of the collective behaviour of living systems ranging from bacteria to schools of fish in the ocean."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2011/sriram-ramaswamy.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2011 - Prof. Sriram Ramaswamy|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322101432/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2011/sriram-ramaswamy.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2012
| {{sortname|Ayyappanpillai|Ajayagosh}} | National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology |Awarded "for his pioneering development of methods for the construction of supramolecular functional materials, which can be employed as components in organic electronic devices and in powerful substance selective optical sensing and imaging."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2013
| {{sortname|Shiraz|Minwalla}} | Institute for Advanced Study and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |Awarded "for his pioneering contributions to the study of string theory, quantum field theory and gravity, and for uncovering a deep connection between the equations of fluid and superfluid dynamics and Einstein's equations of general relativity."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2014
| {{sortname|Srivari|Chandrasekhar}} | Indian Institute of Chemical Technology |Awarded "for his diverse and notable contributions in synthetic organic chemistry with special focus on the synthesis of complex molecules from natural sources. He has devised innovative, practical approaches to pharmaceuticals of current interest to industry."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2015
| {{sortname|G. Ravindra|Kumar}} | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |Awarded "for his pioneering experimental contributions to the physics of high intensity laser matter interactions. In particular for providing, for the first time, unequivocal evidence of turbulent magnetic fields and the discovery of terahertz frequency acoustic waves, in laser produced hot dense plasmas. These results have significance to testing stellar and astrophysical scenarios."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2016
| {{sortname|Anil|Bhardwaj}} | Physical Research Laboratory |Awarded "for his experiments on Chandrayaan-1 and Mars Orbiter missions that revealed new features of solar wind interactions with lunar surface and provided important clues for understanding thermal escape of the Martian atmosphere. He also made very significant contributions in detection and delineation of the nature and origin of planetary X-rays."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2017
| {{sortname|Yamuna|Krishnan}} | Awarded "for her ground-breaking work in the emerging field of architecture of the building blocks of life—the DNA. By successfully manipulating DNA to create biocompatible nanomachines she has created novel ways of interrogating living systems, increasing our knowledge of cell function and getting one step closer to answering unresolved biomedical questions."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/yamuna-krishnan.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Prof. Yamuna Krishnan|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233730/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/yamuna-krishnan.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2018
| {{sortname|S.|K. Satheesh}} | Awarded "for his pioneering scientific work in the field of climate change. His studies on black carbon aerosols, the dark, light absorbing, microscopic particles in air which greatly influence the energy balance of the atmosphere over the Indian subcontinent, have enabled a better understanding of the role of these particles on climate change, precipitation, and, human health in the Indian subcontinent."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2018/s-k-satheesh.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2018 - Prof. S K Satheesh|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=20 November 2018|archive-date=20 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120140115/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2018/s-k-satheesh.asp|url-status=live}} https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/ISF-announces-infosys-prize-2018.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114100316/https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/ISF-announces-infosys-prize-2018.aspx |date=14 November 2018 }} ISF 10th Infosys prize |
scope=row | 2019
|Awarded "for his seminal work in the chemical synthesis of small molecules and nanomaterials for biomedical applications."{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2019/govindasamy-mugesh.asp|title=G Mugesh wins the Infosys Prize 2019 in Physical Sciences|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=6 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106154305/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2019/govindasamy-mugesh.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2020
|Awarded "for his development of atomically thin two-dimensional semiconductors to build a new generation of functional electronic, thermoelectric and optoelectronic devices." |
scope=row | 2021
|National Institute of Science Education and Research |Awarded for "investigations of the nuclear force."{{Cite web|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2021 - Prof. Bedangadas Mohanty|url=https://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2021/bedangadas-mohanty.asp|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203041707/https://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2021/bedangadas-mohanty.asp|url-status=live}} |
2022
|National Centre for Radio Astrophysics |Awarded "for his study of galaxies in an era, the so-called “high noon” period, in which stars were being formed at a maximum rate."{{Cite web|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2022/nissim-kanekar.html|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2022 - Nissim Kanekar|website=www.infosysprize.org}} |
2023
|Mukund Thattai |National Centre for Biological Sciences |Awarded "for his groundbreaking contributions to evolutionary cell biology."{{Cite web|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2023/mukund-thattai.html|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2023 - Mukund Thattai|website=www.infosysprize.org}} |
2024
|Awarded "for her wide ranging and groundbreaking contributions to theoretical and experimental non-equilibrium quantum matter, most notably the discovery of time-crystals."{{Cite web|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2024/vedika-khemani.html|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2024 - Vedika Khemani|website=www.infosysprize.org}} |
Laureates in Social Sciences
The Infosys Prize in Social Sciences has been awarded annually since 2009.
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scope=col| Year
!scope=col| Laureate(s) !scope=col| Institution(s) !scope=col class=unsortable| Citation |
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scope=row rowspan="2" | 2009
| {{sortname|Abhijit|Banerjee}} | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Awarded "for his contributions to the economic theory of development, and for his pioneering work in the empirical evaluation of public policy."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2009/abhijit-banerjee.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2009 - Prof. Abhijit Banerjee|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808202942/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2009/abhijit-banerjee.asp|url-status=live}} |
{{sortname|Upinder|Singh}}
| Awarded "for her contributions as a historian of ancient and early medieval Indian history."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2009/upinder-singh.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2009 - Prof. Upinder Singh|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808202815/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2009/upinder-singh.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row rowspan="2" | 2010
| {{sortname|Nandini|Sundar}} | Awarded "in recognition of her contributions as an outstanding analyst of social identities, including tribe and caste, and the politics of knowledge in modern India."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
{{sortname|Amita|Baviskar}}
| Institute of Economic Growth | Awarded "in recognition of her contributions as an outstanding analyst of social and environmental movements in modern India."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row rowspan="2" | 2011
| {{sortname|Raghuram Govind|Rajan}} | Awarded "for his analysis of the complex interaction between financial institutions, governments and people."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2011/raghuram-govind-rajan.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2011 - Prof. Raghuram Govind Rajan|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018}}{{dead link|date=August 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} |
{{sortname|Pratap Bhanu|Mehta}}
| Awarded "for broadening public discussion of important social, political and economic matters, bringing in heterodox perspectives and for constantly challenging reigning orthodoxies."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2011/pratap-bhanu-mehta.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2011 - Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808203023/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2011/pratap-bhanu-mehta.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2012
| {{sortname|Arunava|Sen}} | Indian Statistical Institute | Awarded "for his game-theoretic analyses of mechanism design for implementing social choice rules, when individuals have diverse information and incentives."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2013
| {{sortname|Aninhalli R.|Vasavi}} | Nehru Memorial Museum & Library | Awarded "for her distinctive and pioneering research that spans a remarkable range covering four main areas: Agrarian society at the intersection of economy, culture and environment; school education in varied regional contexts; globalization and its impact on the moral economy of urban occupations; and social science as seen from the vantage point of Indian languages and regional cultures."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2014
| {{sortname|Esther|Duflo}} | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Awarded "in recognition of her pioneering and prodigious contributions to development economics, with important implications for policies pertaining to the delivery of services to the poor."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2015
| {{sortname|Srinath|Raghavan}} | Awarded "for outstanding research that synthesizes military history, international politics, and strategic analysis into powerful and imaginative perspectives on India in global context."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2016
| {{sortname|Kaivan|Munshi}} | Awarded "in recognition of his remarkably deep analysis of the multifaceted role of communities, such as ethnic groups and castes, in the process of economic development."{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
scope=row | 2017
| {{sortname|Lawrence|Liang}} | Awarded "for his creative scholarship on law and society. His prodigious output in the fields of copyright law, digital technologies and media, and popular culture consistently raises probing questions about the nature of freedom, rights, and social development. His provocative answers link historical context and ethical practice in unexpected and illuminating ways."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/lawrence-liang.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Prof. Lawrence Liang|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233743/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/lawrence-liang.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2018
| {{sortname|Sendhil|Mullainathan}} | The University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Awarded "for his path-breaking work in behavioral economics. Mullainathan's research has had substantial impact on diverse fields such as development, public finance, corporate governance and policy design. A significant part of this work is relevant to India. He is currently working on big data and machine learning issues and applications in economics."{{cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2018/sendhil-mullainathan.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2018 - Prof. Sendhil Mullainathan|publisher=Infosys Science Foundation|access-date=20 November 2018|archive-date=20 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120135822/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2018/sendhil-mullainathan.asp|url-status=live}} https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/ISF-announces-infosys-prize-2018.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114100316/https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/ISF-announces-infosys-prize-2018.aspx |date=14 November 2018 }} ISF 10th Infosys prize |
scope=row | 2019
| Anand Pandian | Awarded "for his brilliantly imaginative work on ethics, selfhood and the creative process."{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2019/anand-pandian.asp|title=Anand Pandian wins the Infosys Prize 2019 in Social Sciences|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227063048/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2019/anand-pandian.asp|url-status=live}} |
scope=row | 2020
| Awarded "for his pioneering research on identifying barriers to economic opportunity and for developing solutions to help people escape from poverty towards better life outcomes." |
scope=row | 2021
|Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |Awarded for her "pioneering work on sexual violence and jurisprudence."{{Cite web|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2021 - Dr. Pratiksha Baxi|url=https://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2021/pratiksha-baxi.asp|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203041707/https://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2021/pratiksha-baxi.asp|url-status=live}} |
2022
|Awarded for her "outstanding research on subjects of key importance, including governance and accountability, women’s empowerment, the role of credit in the lives of the poor, and the environment. Her empirical findings, based on diverse methodologies, offer major promise and potential for policy design in emerging economies, including India."{{Cite web|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2022/rohini-pande.html|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2022 - Rohini Pande|website=www.infosysprize.org}} |
2023
|Awarded for her "groundbreaking research on the theory of imperial rule, and the claim that this late imperial ideology became one of the important factors in the emergence of modern social theory. "{{Cite web|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2023/karuna-mantena.html|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2023 - Karuna Mantena|website=www.infosysprize.org}} |
2024
|Awarded for his "truly outstanding and seminal contributions to the study of maritime Islam in a global perspective, with particular focus on Kerala in the pre-modern and early modern eras. |
Trustees
- N. R. Narayana Murthy
- S. Gopalakrishnan
- K. Dinesh
- S. D. Shibulal
- T.V. Mohandas Pai
- Srinath Batni
- Nandan Nilekani
Controversies
Lawrence Liang, a professor of law awarded the Infosys Prize, was found guilty by an internal university inquiry committee of sexually harassing a doctoral student on multiple occasions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/ambedkar-university-probe-finds-lawrence-liang-guilty-of-sexual-harassment-complainant-dissatisfied-4383195.html|title=Ambedkar University probe finds Lawrence Liang guilty of sexual harassment; complainant dissatisfied - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|date=9 March 2018 |access-date=2018-03-30|archive-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211347/https://www.firstpost.com/india/ambedkar-university-probe-finds-lawrence-liang-guilty-of-sexual-harassment-complainant-dissatisfied-4383195.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/aud-professor-found-guilty-of-sexual-harassment/article22988210.ece|title=AUD Professor found guilty of sexual harassment|last=Bhanj|first=Jaideep Deo|date=2018-03-09|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=4 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304023511/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/aud-professor-found-guilty-of-sexual-harassment/article22988210.ece|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.legallyindia.com/lawschools/amebdkar-u-committee-finds-alf-founder-nls-grad-lawrence-liang-sexually-harassed-phd-student-20180308-9147|title=Amebdkar U committee finds ALF founder, NLS grad Lawrence Liang sexually harassed PhD student [UPDATE: Liang issues statement]|last=Ganz|first=Kian|website=www.legallyindia.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-03-30|archive-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212331/https://www.legallyindia.com/lawschools/amebdkar-u-committee-finds-alf-founder-nls-grad-lawrence-liang-sexually-harassed-phd-student-20180308-9147|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/871321/why-ambedkar-university-held-law-professor-lawrence-liang-guilty-of-sexual-harassment|title=Why Ambedkar University held law professor Lawrence Liang guilty of sexual harassment|last=Chowdhury|first=Aarefa Johari & Shreya Roy|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en-US|archive-date=31 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231154024/https://scroll.in/article/871321/why-ambedkar-university-held-law-professor-lawrence-liang-guilty-of-sexual-harassment|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://asiatimes.com/article/indian-university-finds-top-academic-guilty-sexual-harassment/|title=Indian university finds top academic guilty of sexual harassment|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en-US}} Following the adverse finding, prominent activists, academics and gender rights groups issued a public statement on social media condemning Liang and criticising the award of the Infosys Prize to Liang.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/zehen/public-statement-rejecting-lawrence-liangs-infosys-award-in-the-field-of-social-/1595338523822525/|title=Public Statement Rejecting Lawrence Liang's Infosys Award in the Field of Social Sciences|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-31|archive-date=3 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503234215/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnotes%2Fzehen%2Fpublic-statement-rejecting-lawrence-liangs-infosys-award-in-the-field-of-social-%2F1595338523822525%2F|url-status=live}}
See also
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- {{cite press release | title = Infosys Institutes "Infosys India Prize" in Five Categories | publisher = Infosys Technologies Ltd. | date = 2009-02-17 | url = http://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/infosys-india-prize.aspx | access-date = 13 March 2009 | archive-date = 5 December 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091205213043/http://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/infosys-india-prize.aspx | url-status = live }}
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