Millennium Plaque of Honour

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On India's new 'Vigyan Puraskar' awards

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Op-eds Science Bhatnagar Award Department of Atomic Energy Department of Biotechnology Department of Science and Technology Department of Space Khader Vali Dudekula Millennium Plaque of Honour Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Animal Husbandry Ministry of Environment PIO Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar The Hindu women in STEM

The Government of India has replaced the 300 or so awards for scientists it used to give out until this year with the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP), a set of four awards with 56 laureates, The Hindu…

The Indian Science Congress has gutted its own award by giving it to Appa Rao Podile

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Uncategorized ABVP Appa Rao Podile Avula Damodaram BJP Chandrababu Naidu Millennium Plaque of Honour Mukund Thattai Nobel laureates Nobel Prize plagiarism research misconduct Rohith Vemula Sri Venkateswara University University of Hyderabad Venkaiah Naidu

An award of the Indian Science Congress has become subverted into becoming an instrument of negotiation for political agents: "You let me interfere in your duties, I will give you a fancy-sounding award".…