Three IIT Madras professors receive Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025
Agrima Didwania | October 28, 2025 | 03:13 PM IST | 2 mins read
Three IIT Madras professors – Thalappil Pradeep, Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, and Shweta Prem Agrawal - were awarded for their contributions to science, tech innovation. Check out the full list of Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025.
Three IIT Madras professors received the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025, the country's top honour for distinguished and inspiring achievements by scientists, technologists, and innovators in various fields of science, technology and technology-driven innovation, declared by the Government of India.
This year’s announcement recognised professors Thalappil Pradeep, Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, and Shweta Prem Agrawal for their outstanding contributions in various fields of science, technology, and technology-led innovations.
The Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar recognises outstanding achievements and lifetime work that have contributed to the country's scientific and technological strength.
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Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: IIT Madras awardees
Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar is awarded under four categories – Vigyan Ratna (VR), Vigyan Shri (VS), Vigyan Yuva – Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (VY-SSB), and Vigyan Team (VT).
Among the three IIT Madras awardees, Thalappil Pradeep, Department of Chemistry, received the Vigyan Shri Puraskar; while Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, Department of Electrical Engineering, and Shweta Prem Agrawal, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, received the Vigyan Yuva – Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Puraskar.
The awards cover 13 fields – physics, chemistry, biological sciences, mathematics and computer science, earth science, medicine, engineering sciences, agricultural science, environmental science, technology & innovation, atomic energy, space science and technology and allied science.
Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025: Complete list of awardees
The complete list of Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 awardees is below:
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Category |
Name |
Field |
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VIGYAN RATNA (VR) |
Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (Posthumous) |
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VIGYAN SHRI (VS) |
Dr. Gyanendra Pratap Singh |
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VIGYAN SHRI (VS) |
Dr. Yusuf Mohammad Seikh |
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VIGYAN SHRI (VS) |
Dr. K. Thangaraj |
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VIGYAN SHRI (VS) |
Prof. Thalappil Pradeep |
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VIGYAN SHRI (VS) |
Prof. Aniruddha Bhalchandra Pandit |
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VIGYAN SHRI (VS) |
Dr. S. Venkata Mohan |
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VIGYAN SHRI (VS) |
Prof. Mahan Mj |
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VIGYAN SHRI (VS) |
Shri Jayan N |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Dr. Jagdis Gupta Kapuganti |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Dr. Satendra Kumar Mangrauthia |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Dr. Debarka Sengupta |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Dr. Deepa Agashe |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Dr. Dibyendu Das |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Dr. Waliur Rahaman |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Prof. Arkaprava Basu |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Prof. Sabyasachi Mukherjee |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Prof. Shweta Prem Agrawal |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Dr. Suresh Kumar |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Prof. Amit Kumar Agarwal |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Prof. Surhud Shrikant More |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Shri Ankur Garg |
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VIGYAN YUVA – SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR (VY-SSB) |
Prof. Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam |
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VIGYAN TEAM (VT) |
Team – Aroma Mission CSIR |
“We are immensely proud to see our colleagues from IIT Madras honoured with the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 — a recognition not only of their individual brilliance, but of the spirit of innovation and dedication that defines our institution. Their achievements reaffirm IIT Madras’s commitment to advancing science and technology for the nation’s development…,” said IIT Madras director V Kamakoti.
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