Awards

On 25th May 1998, the then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, announced that 11th May would henceforth be celebrated as Technology Day. TDB instituted the ‘National Award for the successful commercialization of Indigenous Technology’ to be awarded every year on the Technology Day. The objective is to forge powerful partnerships and proactively facilitate interactions and networking between Industry, National Laboratories, Academic Institutions, Scientists, Technocrats and Specialists, to gain entry into global market.

On 25th May 1998, the then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, announced that 11th May would henceforth be celebrated as Technology Day. TDB instituted the ‘National Award for the successful commercialization of Indigenous Technology’ to be awarded every year on the Technology Day. The objective is to forge powerful partnerships and proactively facilitate interactions and networking between Industry, National Laboratories, Academic Institutions, Scientists, Technocrats and Specialists, to gain entry into global market.

SERB Women Excellence Award is a one-time award given to women scientists below 40 years of age and who have received recognition such as Young Scientist Medal, Young Associate etc. from any one or more of the following National Academies:
i) The Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi
ii) Indian Academy of Science (IASc), Bangalore
iii) National Academy of Science (NASI), Allahabad
iv) Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi
v) National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), New Delhi

These awards have been instituted by DBT to accord recognition to the contributions of senior and young women scientists in the country working in the areas of biology and biotechnology who have made outstanding contributions in research, technology and product development. These awards are given in two separate categories: Senior (One) and Young (Two).

NBACD is given in recognition of outstanding contributions in basic and applied research with potential for application/ product and technology development. It is awarded to young bio-scientists below 45 years through a grant for research projects to help in their career development.
The award aims to boost excellence in research in basic and applied biosciences and can be granted to 10 candidates for a given financial year. It carries a cash prize of Rs.1 Lakh, a citation and Rs.3 Lakh per year as research grant for 3 years.

Govt. of India had instituted ‘The Swarnajayanti Fellowships’ scheme to commemorate India's 50th year of Independence. Under this scheme, a selected number of young scientists, with outstanding proven track record, are provided special assistance and support to enable them to pursue basic research in frontier areas of science and technology. The fellowships are scientist specific, very selective and have close academic monitoring.

SERB DIA is a new scheme initiated to recognize and reward Principal Investigators (PIs) of SERB projects who have performed remarkably well. SERB has been supporting basic research in frontier areas of science and engineering through its various programs and schemes, and the number of researchers under the ambit of SERB has increased over the years, contributing significantly through their research output towards the progress of science and engineering of the country. The aim of the scheme is to reward good performance as well as to motivate ongoing PIs to perform exceedingly well.

CSIR launched ‘Diamond Jubilee Invention Award for School Children’ on April 26, the World Intellectual Property Day, in 2002, with the objective to foster scientific temperament, creativity and innovative spirit amongst school children as well as create awareness about IPR (Intellectual Property Rights). The competition was renamed ‘CSIR Innovation Award for School Children’ in 2011.

CSIR Technology Awards were instituted in 1990 to foster and encourage multi-disciplinary in-house team efforts and external interaction for technology development, transfer and commercialization. The ‘Most Significant CSIR Technology of the Five Year Plan Period’ is awarded once in 5 yrs coinciding with the plan period, to such technology which has proven in the market, atleast for 5 yrs. Accordingly, the X plan period technology (ies) will be considered in XII plan period.

CAIRD was initiated by CSIR in 2006 for recognizing and honouring outstanding S&T innovations that have created a paradigm shift and significant impact in transforming the quality of life of the rural people or demonstrated competitive advantage and positive user response, alleviated their drudgery or helped in generation of rural employment in the country and shown a new way of conducting business to achieve social and economic transformation in rural development. Successful S&T innovations that are implemented at ground level thus will be considered.