Infosys Prizes

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Are major science prizes a form of philanthropy?

Oct 12, 2021 5 min read

The Association for the Advancement of AI conferred its 'Squirrel AI Award' on Cynthia Rudin, and Duke University – her employer – published a press release celebrating it. Here's one para…

Science prizes, wealth location and social signals

Dec 3, 2020 4 min read

Analysis Op-eds Science Arindam Ghosh Infosys Foundation Infosys Prizes Nobel Prizes Prachi Deshpande privilege Rajan Sankaranarayanan research funding Social Sciences SS Bhatnagar Award Swarnajayanti Fellowships wealth signalling

One count on which I almost always find myself to be an outlier in India is my opinion that the Nobel Prizes and their derivatives belong in the gutter. But while many people in other countries share…