List of Awardees of National Awards for Science Communication for The Year 2007

Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Kapil Sibal, today presented the National Awards for Science Communication.

The following is the list of awardees:

1. Saurashtra Education Foundation, Rajkot and Dr. Dinesh Mishra’s, Raipur efforts have been recognized for special national award for commendable efforts in science & technology communication.
   
   The award consists of a certificate of appreciation and a memento.
   
   
2. National Award for Outstanding Effort in Science & Technology Communication through Books and Magazines is presented to an individual or an institution for outstanding efforts in popularization of science & technology and/or promoting scientific temper through books, magazines, Internet, etc, during the past five years. The award comprises Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh), a memento and a citation.
   
   This year honor has been awarded to Shri Kali Shanker, Lucknow and Ms. Sreemathi Hariprasad, Karnataka.
   
   
3. National Award for Outstanding Effort in Science & Technology Popularization among Children is presented to an individual or an institution for outstanding work in popularization of science & technology and/or promotion of scientific temper among children which has had the widest impact in the country during the past five years. The award consists of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh), a memento and a citation.
   
   This year the honour has gone to Dr. Ransing Nirmalendu Ray, Bhubaneswar and Shri Neerad, Patna.
   
   
4. National Awards for Outstanding Effort in Science and Technology Communication in the Print Medium is presented to an individual correspondent or an institution for outstanding efforts in communication of science & technology and/or promotion of scientific temper through print media during the past five years. The award comprises Rs.1,00,000/- (Rs. One Lakh), a memento and a citation.
   
   This year the honour has gone to Discovery (Science Magazine) and Reema Narendran, Thiruvananthpuram.
   
   
5. National Award for Outstanding Effort in Science and Technology Communication in Electronic Medium is presented to an individual correspondent or an institution for outstanding efforts in communication of science & technology and/or promotion of scientific temper through radio and/or television media during the period under consideration. The award comprises Rs.1,00,000/- (Rs. One Lakh), a memento and a citation.
   
   This year the honour has gone to Smt. Sumangala S Mummigatti, Bangalore and Dr. Jagdeep Saxena, New Delhi.
   
   
6. National Award for Outstanding Effort in Translation of Popular Science & Technology Literature is presented to an individual journalist or an institution for outstanding work in translating popular science and technology literature in and from regional languages during the past five years. The award consists of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh), a memento and a citation.
   
   No candidate was found suitable for this award.

Source : Press Information Bureau
Date : February 28, 2008