Faculty Research Awards 2018: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar honours top authors across 24 disciplines
Ashish Jha | March 22, 2018 | 11:55 AM IST
NEW DELHI, MARCH 20: The Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar today felicitated top researchers across 24 disciplines at Careers360 Faculty Research Awards in New Delhi.
Recognising the efforts of India’s brightest minds in the field of academic research, the minister presented top authors the Awards which carried a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a citation.
“The quality of research determines the overall quality of education and its evolution. The recognition to these academic researchers is a great move towards encouraging more research activities across discipline,” Prakash Javadekar said.
The Union Minister added that institutions in higher education domain must focus on qualitative research activities to bring in innovation that can help enhance the teaching-learning quality also.
As many as 254 academic researchers across 24 disciplines were shortlisted towards determining the Awards constituted by Careers360. The researchers were shortlisted basis the publicly available data of their research work in different areas like Engineering, Medicine, Science, Management, Economics, and Environmental Science.
T he 24 disciplines for ‘Faculty Research Awards 2018’ included Engineering Sciences, Computer Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Psychology, ‘Business, Management and Accounting’, ‘Economics, Econometrics and Finance’ among others. The ‘Most outstanding Researchers’ in these 24 different disciplines were chosen based on a composite score generated by evaluating the academic output in SCOPUS indexed journals for the year 2015 –17, citation count and h-index.
The weightage to the three parameters was reached by averaging differential weightage suggested by 20 top academics of Indian origin ranging from Innovation Guru Prof. R A Mashelkar to celebrated corporate advisor and academician Prof. Nirmalya Kumar. The list also includes Harvard Business School Dean Dr Nitin Nohria, renowned academician and institution-builder Dr Pritam Singh, National Law University Bangalore Vice-Chancellor Dr R Venkata Rao, besides many other renowned academicians in India and abroad.
Faculty research Awards 2018: Outstanding Authors
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Discipline |
Author's Name |
Author's Affiliation |
|
Materials Science |
Dr. Sabu Thomas |
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kottayam, India |
|
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
Dr. Ashok Pandey |
Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India |
|
Chemistry |
Dr. Ähmed Kamal |
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology Division, Hyderabad, India |
|
Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
Dr. Rajeev Kumar Varshney |
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India |
|
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
Dr. Dharmarajan Sriram |
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Department of Pharmacy, Pilani, India |
|
Business, Management and Accounting |
Dr. Ravi Shankar |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Department of Management Studies, New Delhi, India |
|
Decision Sciences |
Dr. Amaresh Chakrabarti |
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Bangalore, India |
|
Psychology |
Dr. Rajesh Sagar |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, New Delhi, India |
|
Neuroscience |
Dr. Jayantee Kalita |
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow, Department of Neurology, Lucknow, India |
|
Immunology and Microbiology |
Dr. Shyam Sundar |
Banaras Hindu University Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Medicine, Varanasi, India |
|
Computer Science |
Dr. Sudip Misra |
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kharragpur, India |
|
Chemical Engineering |
Dr. Parag R. Gogate |
Institute of Chemical Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Mumbai, India |
|
Veterinary |
Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta |
National Dairy Research Institute India, Karnal, India |
|
Engineering |
Dr. Bhim Singh |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India |
|
Health Professions |
Dr. Sandip Basu |
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India |
|
Mathematics |
Dr. M. Mursaleen |
Aligarh Muslim University, Department of Mathematics, Aligarh, India |
|
Environmental Science |
Dr. S. Venkata Mohan |
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences (BEES), Hyderabad, India |
|
Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
Dr. Sugata Marjit |
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
|
Earth and Planetary Sciences |
Dr. Sanjit Mitra |
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India, Pune, India |
|
Energy |
Dr. Gopal Nath Tiwari |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Center for Energy Studies, New Delhi, India |
|
Medicine |
Dr. Viswanathan Mohan |
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India |
|
Dentistry |
Dr. Avani Raju Pradeep |
Research Institute, Department of Periodontics, Bangalore, India |
|
Social Sciences |
Dr. Rajaram Nityananda |
Azim Premji University, School of Liberal Studies, Bangalore, India |
|
Physics and Astronomy |
Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty |
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India |
Besides the top authors in each discipline, distinguished researcher in many disciplines were facilitated with special mention at the Award ceremony. AICTE Chairman Prof Anil D Sahasrabudhe facilitated the distinguished scholars with a cash prize of Rs 20,000 and a citation.
Faculty research Awards 2018: Honorary Mention
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Subject Areas |
Name |
Author's Affiliation |
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Veterinary |
Dr. Kuldeep Dhama |
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Avian Diseases Section, Bareilly, India |
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Engineering |
Dr. Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Department of Electrical Engineering, New Delhi, India |
|
Management |
Prof Debapratim Purkayastha |
ICFAI Business School (IBS)-Hyderabad, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) |
|
Chemical Engineering |
Dr. Asim Bhaumik |
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Department of Materials Science, Kolkata, India |
|
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
Dr. Navin Ashok Patil |
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Department of Pharmacology, Manipal, India |
|
Materials Science |
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Umar Nayak |
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology India, Patia, Chennai, India |
|
Computer Science |
Dr. Sundarapandian Vaidyanathan |
Vel Tech RR SR Institute of Technology, Chennai |
|
Health Professions |
Prof. Niranjan Bhattacharya |
Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Translational Science, Kolkata, India |
|
Microbiology |
Dr. Vipin Chandra Kalia |
University of Delhi, New Delhi, India |
|
Business, Management and Accounting |
Dr. Zillur Rahman |
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Department of Management Studies, Roorkee, India |
|
Dentistry |
Dr. Gargi Sachin Sarode |
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Pune, India |
|
Computer Science |
Dr. Mita Nasipuri |
Jadavpur University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kolkata, India |
|
Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
Dr. Anand Teltumbde |
Committee for the Protection of Democratic Rights, Mumbai, India |
|
Chemistry |
Dr. Balasubramanian Sridhar |
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Centre for X-ray Crystallography, Hyderabad, India |
|
Nutrition |
Anura Vishwanath Kurpad |
St. John's Research Institute, Department of Nutrition, Bangalore, India |
|
Psychology |
Ganesan Venkatasubramanian |
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, The Schizophrenia Clinic, Bangalore, India |
|
Mathematics |
Dr. Indranil Biswas |
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, School of Mathematics, Mumbai, India |
|
Physics and Astronomy |
Dr. Archana L. Sharma |
University of Jammu, Department of Physics, Jammu, India |
|
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
Dr. Sanjay Kalra |
Bharti Hospital and BRIDE, Department of Endocrinology, Karnal, India |
|
Medicine |
Dr. Sanjay Kalra |
Bharti Hospital and BRIDE, Department of Endocrinology, Karnal, India |
|
Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
Dr. Rakesh Pankaj Kumar |
National Dairy Research Institute India, Animal Biotechnology Centre, Karnal, India |
|
Arts and Humanities |
Dr. Bayya Yegnanarayana |
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani, India / International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, Speech Processing Laboratory, Hyderabad, India |
A power-packed panel of Academicians and Recruiters also discussed on the challenges in recruitment of faculty members. The panel was moderated by Mr Sanjay Modi, MD, APAC & Middle East, Monster.
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