<p>Bengaluru: The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) on Wednesday announced winners of the Infosys Prize 2023, including two from Bengaluru, in six categories.</p>.<p>The winners of the 2023 edition are Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Professor, Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT-Kanpur (Engineering and Computer Science); Jahnavi Phalkey, Founding Director, Science Gallery Bengaluru (Humanities); Arun Kumar Shukla, Professor, Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT-Kanpur (Life Sciences); Bhargav Bhatt, Fernholz Joint Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University (Mathematical Sciences); Mukund Thattai, Professor, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Bioinformatics, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru (Physical Sciences); and Karuna Mantena, Professor, Political Science, Columbia University (Social Sciences).</p>.<p>The prize for each category comprises a gold medal, a citation, and a purse of $100,000. The Infosys Prize was constituted in 2008 to honour accomplishments in scientific research and scholarship impacting India.</p>.<p>Tripathi was awarded for deploying a large-scale, sensor-based air quality network and mobile laboratory for hyper-local measurements of pollution, data generation and AI/ML-driven analysis.</p>.<p>The honour for Jahnavi comes in recognition of her “brilliant and granular insights” into the individual, institutional, and material histories of scientific research in modern India.</p>.<p>Shukla’s contributions to the field of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) biology were recognised by the jury, while Bhatt was awarded for his contributions to arithmetic geometry and commutative algebra.</p>.<p>Thattai’s work in evolutionary cell biology won him the honour. The jury commended Karuna’s research on the theory of imperial rule and her impactful writings in political theory.</p>.<p>ISF president Kris Gopalakrishnan noted that the prize, over 15 years, has recognised mid-career researchers who have done impactful work across disciplines.</p>.<p>“The prize has helped drive conversations around their work and on a larger scale created meaningful engagement around science and society,” he said.</p>.<p>The laureates were shortlisted from 224 nominations by international juries comprising world renowned scholars and experts. The winners were announced by ISF trustees Kris Gopalakrishnan, NR Narayana Murthy, Srinath Batni, K Dinesh, and SD Shibulal.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) on Wednesday announced winners of the Infosys Prize 2023, including two from Bengaluru, in six categories.</p>.<p>The winners of the 2023 edition are Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Professor, Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT-Kanpur (Engineering and Computer Science); Jahnavi Phalkey, Founding Director, Science Gallery Bengaluru (Humanities); Arun Kumar Shukla, Professor, Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT-Kanpur (Life Sciences); Bhargav Bhatt, Fernholz Joint Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University (Mathematical Sciences); Mukund Thattai, Professor, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Bioinformatics, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru (Physical Sciences); and Karuna Mantena, Professor, Political Science, Columbia University (Social Sciences).</p>.<p>The prize for each category comprises a gold medal, a citation, and a purse of $100,000. The Infosys Prize was constituted in 2008 to honour accomplishments in scientific research and scholarship impacting India.</p>.<p>Tripathi was awarded for deploying a large-scale, sensor-based air quality network and mobile laboratory for hyper-local measurements of pollution, data generation and AI/ML-driven analysis.</p>.<p>The honour for Jahnavi comes in recognition of her “brilliant and granular insights” into the individual, institutional, and material histories of scientific research in modern India.</p>.<p>Shukla’s contributions to the field of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) biology were recognised by the jury, while Bhatt was awarded for his contributions to arithmetic geometry and commutative algebra.</p>.<p>Thattai’s work in evolutionary cell biology won him the honour. The jury commended Karuna’s research on the theory of imperial rule and her impactful writings in political theory.</p>.<p>ISF president Kris Gopalakrishnan noted that the prize, over 15 years, has recognised mid-career researchers who have done impactful work across disciplines.</p>.<p>“The prize has helped drive conversations around their work and on a larger scale created meaningful engagement around science and society,” he said.</p>.<p>The laureates were shortlisted from 224 nominations by international juries comprising world renowned scholars and experts. The winners were announced by ISF trustees Kris Gopalakrishnan, NR Narayana Murthy, Srinath Batni, K Dinesh, and SD Shibulal.</p>
