Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology

Named after the founder Director of CSIR, the late Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, this prestigious award was instituted in the year 1957. SSB award is given each year in recognition of outstanding Indian work in science and technology. SSB Prize of Rs 5 Lakh each are awarded annually for notable and outstanding research, fundamental or applied in the concerned discipline. This award is open to any citizen of India engaged in research in any field of science and technology up to the age of 45 yrs as reckoned on 31st Dec of the year preceding the year of the Prize. Overseas citizen of India (OCI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) working in India are also eligible. The Prize is awarded on the basis of contributions made through work done primarily i.e. most part of it in India during the 5 yrs preceding the year of the Prize.