Chennai Academics among the awardees of INSA award 2012

Updated on: Monday, October 08, 2012

Three academics from the city are among the list of nine awardees selected to receive the Indian National Science Academy Awards 2012. The INSA Teachers Awards was instituted to value consistent and high levels of teaching in Indian colleges, universities and other higher educational institutions.

Chemistry professor Dhamdodharan Ragavachari of the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, professor A Subbiah Pandi of Presidency College and professor P Gautam of Anna University were selected. Professor Dhamodharan, who completed his PhD in UMASS at Amherst in the US, is also a senior Fulbright Research Fellow.

The other awardees are professors Aniruddha Bhalchandra Pandit of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai; Achuthsankar S Nair of the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram; Anil J Elias of IIT-Delhi, Pratap Kumar Pati of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Raja Ram Yadav of the University of Allahabad and Shibnath Mazumder of the University of Delhi.

The award aims to recognize and honour teachers who have inspired students to take up careers in science and technology. Nominees come from all disciplines of science and technology, including medical and engineering sciences. The awardees will receive a scroll, a cash award of Rs50,000 and a one-time book grant of Rs20,000.

Only academics currently working in India with at least 10 years of teaching experience at the undergraduate or postgraduate level in an Indian higher educational institution will be considered for the award.

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