Kalinga Prize

The recipient of this annual award must have demonstrated – during a brilliant career as writer, editor, lecturer, film producer, radio/television programme director or presenter – talent in interpreting science and technology for the public. The recipient should have striven to emphasize the international importance of science and technology and the contribution they make to improving public welfare, enriching the cultural heritage of nations, and solving problems facing humanity. Many past prize winners have been scientists, while others have been trained in journalism or have been educators or writers.

Each member state is entitled to nominate a single candidate, through its National Commission for UNESCO, on the recommendation of the national associations for the advancement of science or other science associations, or national associations of science writers or science journalists. Applications from individuals are not accepted.

The laureate is selected by the Director-General of UNESCO upon the recommendation of a four-member jury designated by him. Three members of the jury from different countries of the world are designated on the basis of equitable geographical distribution and the fourth on the recommendation of the Kalinga Foundation Trust.

The Kalinga Prize is awarded during the Celebration of the World Science Day in odd years (2003, 2005, etc.) and in New Delhi, India, in even years. Under the terms of the Prize, the recipient receives forty thousand dollars (US$40,000) and a UNESCO Albert Einstein Silver Medal. The recipient is also awarded the Ruchi Ram Sahni Chair, introduced by the Government of India in 2001 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Kalinga Prize. As holder of the Ruchi Ram Sahni Chair, the winner travels to India for a period of two to four weeks as the guest of the Government of India. The Chair also comprises a token honorarium of US$5,000. In the years when the award ceremony take place during the celebration of the World Science Day, the recipient travels to the city where the science day is being celebrated (2003 in Budapest) as the guest of UNESCO. In the years when it is awarded in New Delhi, the recipient is invited, as the guest of the Kalinga Foundation Trust, to undertake a brief lecture tour in India. For this reason, it is preferable that the recipient be proficient in English.

Each National Commission for UNESCO proposes a candidate only on the recommendation of the national associations for the advancement of science or other science associations, or national associations of science writers or scientific journalists.

The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is administered by the Science Analysis and Policies Division of UNESCO.

Source: [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/science-technology/sti-policy/global-focus/science-popularization/prizes/kalinga-prize/kalinga-winners/ UNESCO]

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! Year !! Recipient !! Country

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| 1952 || Louis de Broglie || {{FRA}}

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| 1953 || Julian Huxley || {{UK}}

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| 1954 || Waldemar Kaempffert || {{USA}}

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| 1955 || {{ill|Augusto Pi Sunyer|es|August Pi i Sunyer}} || {{VEN}}

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| 1956 || George Gamow || {{USA}}

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| 1957 || Bertrand Russell || {{UK}}

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| 1958 || Karl von Frisch || {{GER}}

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| 1959 || Jean Rostand || {{FRA}}

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| 1960 || Ritchie Calder || {{UK}}

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| 1961 || Arthur C. Clarke || {{UK}}

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| 1962 || Gerard Piel || {{USA}}

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| 1963 || Jagjit Singh || {{IND}}

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| 1964 || Warren Weaver || {{USA}}

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| 1965 || Eugene Rabinowitch || {{USA}}

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| 1966 || Paul Couderc || {{FRA}}

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| 1967 || Fred Hoyle || {{UK}}

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| 1968 || Gavin de Beer || {{UK}}

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| 1969 || Konrad Lorenz || {{AUT}}

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| 1970 || Margaret Mead || {{USA}}

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| 1971 || Pierre Victor Auger || {{FRA}}

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| 1972 || Philip H. Abelson
Nigel Calder || {{USA}}
{{UK}}

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| 1973 || colspan=2|no award

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| 1974 || José Reis
{{Interlanguage link|Luis Estrada Martínez|es}} || {{BRA}}
{{MEX}}

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| 1975 || colspan=2|no award

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| 1976 || George Porter
Alexander Oparin || {{UK}}
{{USSR}}

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| 1977 || Fernand Seguin || {{CAN}}

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| 1978 || Hoimar von Ditfurth || {{GER}}

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| 1979 || Sergei Kapitza || {{USSR}}

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| 1980 || Arístides Bastidas || {{VEN}}

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| 1981 || David Attenborough
Dennis Flanagan || {{UK}}
{{USA}}

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| 1982 || Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa || {{BRA}}

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| 1983 || Abdullah Al Muti Sharafuddin || {{BAN}}

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| 1984 || Yves Coppens
{{ill|Igor Petryanov|lt=Igor Petryanov|ru|Петрянов-Соколов, Игорь Васильевич}} || {{FRA}}
{{USSR}}

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| 1985 || Peter Medawar || {{UK}}

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| 1986 || Nicolai G. Basov
David Suzuki || {{USSR}}
{{CAN}}

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| 1987 || Marcel Roche || {{VEN}}

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| 1988 || Björn Kurtén || {{FIN}}

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| 1989 || Saad Ahmed Shabaan || {{EGY}}

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| 1990 || Misbah-Ud-Din Shami || {{PAK}}

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| 1991 || Radu Iftimovici
Narender K. Sehgal || {{ROM}}
{{IND}}

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| 1992 || {{Interlanguage link|Jorge Flores Valdés|es}}
Peter Okebukola || {{MEX}}
{{NGR}}

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| 1993 || Piero Angela || {{ITA}}

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| 1994 || Nikolai N. Drozdov || {{RUS}}

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| 1995 || Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman || {{MEX}}

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| 1996 || Jiří Grygar
Jayant V. Narlikar || {{CZE}}
{{IND}}

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| 1997 || Dorairajan Balasubramanian || {{IND}}

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| 1998 || Regina Paz Lopez
Ennio Candotti || {{PHI}}
{{BRA}}

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| 1999 || Marian Ewurama Addy
Emil Gabrielian || {{GHA}}
{{ARM}}

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| 2000 || Ernst W. Hamburger || {{BRA}}

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| 2001 || Stefano Fantoni || {{ITA}}

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| 2002 || Marisela Salvatierra || {{VEN}}

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| 2003 || Pervez Hoodbhoy || {{PAK}}

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| 2004 || Jean Audouze || {{FRA}}

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| 2005 || {{Interlanguage link|Jeter Bertoletti|pt}} || {{BRA}}

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| 2006–2008 || colspan=2|No awards due to change of UNESCO rules

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| 2009 || Yash Pal
Trinh Xuan Thuan || {{IND}}
{{VIE}}

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| 2011 || René Raúl Drucker Colín || {{MEX}}

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| 2013 || Xiangyi Li || {{CHN}}

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| 2015 || Diego Golombek || {{ARG}}

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| 2017 || Erik Jacquemyn{{cite web | url=https://en.unesco.org/news/belgian-scientist-erik-jacquemyn-receive-unesco-kalinga-prize-popularization-science | title=Belgian scientist Erik Jacquemyn to receive UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science | publisher=UNESCO | date=2017-10-25 | access-date=2018-07-04}} || {{BEL}}

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| 2019 || Karl Kruszelnicki{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-11-20/dr-karl-kruszelnicki-unesco-award-science-communication/11717044|title=Dr Karl wins UNESCO prize for turning generations on to science|last=Ryan|first=Claudine|date=2019-11-20|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-11-19}} || {{AUS}}

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| 2021 || Jean-Pierre Luminet{{cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/news/french-astrophysicist-and-cosmologist-jean-pierre-luminet-receive-unesco-kalinga-prize|title=French astrophysicist and cosmologist Jean-Pierre Luminet to receive UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science|date=2021-04-11| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108055711/https://en.unesco.org/news/french-astrophysicist-and-cosmologist-jean-pierre-luminet-receive-unesco-kalinga-prize|archive-date=2021-11-08|access-date=2023-12-01}} || {{FRA}}

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|2023 || Ana María Cetto{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/ana-maria-cettos-dedication-science-outreach-earns-her-unesco-kalinga-prize|title=Ana María Cetto's dedication to science outreach earns her UNESCO–Kalinga Prize|date=2023-11-09|website=UNESCO|access-date=2023-12-01}} || {{MEX}}

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By 2021 the prize had been awarded to 71 people from 26 countries:

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!Country !! No. of Awards

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|United Kingdom || 10 times

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|USA || 8 times

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|France || 7 times

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|India || 5 times

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|Russia (inc. Soviet Union) ||rowspan=2| 5 times

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|Brazil

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|Venezuela ||rowspan=2| 4 times

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|Mexico

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|Pakistan ||rowspan=4|2 times

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| Germany

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| Italy

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| Canada

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|Argentina||rowspan=15|1 time

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|Armenia

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|Australia

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|Austria

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|Bangladesh

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|Belgium

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|China

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|Czech Republic

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|Finland

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|Egypt

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|Ghana

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| Romania

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| Nigeria

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| Philippines

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| Vietnam

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From 2010, the Kalinga Foundation Trust instituted a state level prize under the name Kalinga Samman for Popularization of Science. The award will be presented annually to an eminent scientist and science litterateur from the state of Odisha for outstanding contribution for popularization of science among the public.{{cite web|url=http://www.kalingafoundationtrust.com/website/kalinga-samman.htm|title=Kalinga Samman|website=Kalinga Foundation Trust|access-date=29 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/kalinga-samman-awarded/cid/466039|title=Kalinga Samman awarded|website=The Telegraph|access-date=30 September 2022}}

Source: [http://www.kalingafoundationtrust.com/website/kalinga-samman-for-the-popularization-of-science.htm Kalinga Samman]

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! Year !! Recipient

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| 2010 || Chitta Ranjan Mishra
Pramod Kumar Mohapatra

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| 2011 || Gokulananda Mahapatra

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| 2012 || Basanta Kumar Behura

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| 2013 || Hara Prasanna Mishra

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| 2014 || Trilochan Pradhan

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| 2015 || Prafulla Kumar Jena

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| 2016 || Dwijesh Kumar Panda

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| 2017 || Jnanadeva Maharana

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| 2018 || Birendra Kishore Das

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| 2019 || Nimai Charan Panda

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|access-date=August 28, 2010

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