State honours scientists for popularising discipline

Guwahati: The Assam government announced the State Science Awards for 2022 and 2023 to honour eminent scientists from the state for popularising science on the occasion of National Technology Day on Thursday.
State science and technology minister Keshab Mahanta announced the names of eminent educationists, former principal of Cotton College Prof. Kamalendu Deb Krori and former vice-chancellor of Tezpur University Prof. Kishori Mohan Pathak as the recipients in the category of Lifetime Achievement Award for 2022 and 2023 respectively.
The Young Scientist/Innovator Award will be bestowed upon Moon Moon Devi, assistant professor of physics in Tezpur University (for 2022) and Debanga Raj Neog, assistant professor, Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT-Guwahati (for 2023).