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AWARDS FOR SCIENTISTS

Posted on: 21/May/2010 7:14:18 AM

Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology has announced awards to be conferred on them next month for eleven Scientists from Tamilnadu. M S Swaminathan lead committee 30 members selected researchers based on various criteria such as Social Relevance for their projects published in International journals. There were 83 nominations   from researchers belonging to various institutes, for the award.

The awardees are R. Rajkumar, senior plant physiologist from Tea Research Institute, Valparai; G. Archunan, associate professor in Animal Sciences, and R. Shankar, professor, Department of Sociology, from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchi; P. Manishankar, professor, Industrial Chemistry, Alagappa University, Karaikudi; G. Annadurai, associate professor in Environmental Biotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli; S. Raju, professor, Department of ECE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai; K. Thangavel, professor of Computer Science, Periyar University, Salem; Sunithi Solomon, Director, YRG Centre for AIDS Research Education; S.M. Chandramohan, head of the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Government General Hospital, Chennai; R. Gopalakrishnan, senior lecturer, Department of Physics, Anna University, Chennai; and B. Suresh Subramanian, associate professor, Department of Dairy Science, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai.

The awards will be presented in the third week of June. Each award will also include a cash prize of Rs.10, 000.