Secretary-DSIR and Director General-CSIR
Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
Open Source Drug Discovery
Open Source Drug Discovery(OSDD) is a CSIR Team India Consortium with Global Partnership with a vision to provide affordable healthcare to the developing world.
Awards
1968
National Science Talent Search Scholarship
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), India
1979
Young Scientist Medal
Indian National Science Academy
1981
Kani Medal
National Cancer Research Centre, Tokyo, Japan
1990
Cama Memorial Award
Society of Biological Chemists, India
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Sciences
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India
1998
C.R. Krishnamurthy Oration Award
Society of Biological Chemists, India
1999
FICCI Award 1998-99 in recognition of individual initiative in Life Sciences including agriculture
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
2000
Millennium Medal
Indian Science Congress
2002
Ranbaxy Research Award for the Year 2001 in the field of “Medical Sciences – Medical Research”
Ranbaxy Science Foundation, India
2003
Goyal Prize 2001 in the field of Life Sciences
Kurukshetra University, India
B. K. Bachhawat Oration Lecture Award
Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
C. R. Krishnamurthy Oration Award
Central Drug Research Institute, India
2004
Prof. P.K. Bose Memorial Award
Indian Chemical Society
2005
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for excellence in biomedical research
Indian Council of Medical Research
2007
H. K. Firodia Awards for Excellence in Science and Technology
H.K. Firodia Memorial Foundation, India
Dhirubhai Ambani Oration Award
Padma Bhushan Dr. RA Mashelkar Medal
Asian Paints, India
Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
2008
2005 VASVIK Award for Biological S&T
Vividhlaxi Audyogik Samshodhan Vikas Kendra, India
Prof. M.V. Pylee Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof. (Dr.) M.V. Pylee Foundation
6th Biospectrum Person of the Year-2008
Biospectrum
Distinguished Alumni IISc
IISc Alumni Association, India
2009
SS Bhatnagar Memorial Award and Gold Medal
Indian Science Congress
The Jagadis Chandra Bose Medal (2007)
Indian National Science Academy
Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award for S&T-2008 (Biotechnology)
Shri OPB Foundation for S&T
D.Sc. Degree (Honoris Causa)
Vidyasagar University
2010
Nayadumma Awards 2010
D.Sc. (Honoris causa)
Kalyani University
Abha Maiti Memorial Lectureship
The Asiatic Society 2011
D.Sc.(Honoris causa)
NIT, Silchar 2011
Indian cracks human genome
Brahmachari, the Director General of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India’s premier research organisation, says his colleagues at CSIR have achieved a great feat, just like the Lagaan team, without any international exposure or support. “We have now the competence and capacity as anybody else in the world,” Brahmachari adds. » Read more