Infosys awards 2018 Infosys Prize to scientists

Infosys awarded its Infosys Prize winners a pure gold medal, $100,000 and a citation, as it continues to work towards encouraging Indian scientists.

The engineering award went to Navakanta Bhat, Professor Indian Institute of Science for his work on the design of novel biosensors. Kavita Singh, Professor and Dean, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, received the Humanities Award for her work on Mughal, Rajput and Deccan art.

The Life Sciences award went to Roop Malik, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, for work on molecular motor proteins.

Nalini Anantharaman, Professor and Chair of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Strasbourg, for her work related to Quantum Chaos. The prize for Physical Sciences was awarded to S.K. Satheesh, Professor, Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, and Director, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, for his work in the field of climate change.

The Social Sciences prize went to Sendhil Mullainathan, University Professor, Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science, and George C. Tiao Faculty Fellow, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, for his work in behavioural economics.

"The Infosys Prize serves as an inspiration and source of encouragement for young scientists and researchers to expand the purview of scientific research, both in India and globally. I congratulate the winners of the Infosys Prize 2018 for their contribution to science and research, and for the well-deserved recognition they are receiving," stated Prof. Manjul Bhargava, R. Brandon Fradd Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, the First Distinguished Chair for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics at the National Museum of Mathematics in New York, and Infosys Prize (Mathematics) 2012 winner.