| H. K. Firodia Awards | |
| Sponsor: | H. K. Firodia Foundation |
| Firstawarded: | 1996 |
| Lastawarded: | 2014 |
| Reward: | lakhs and lakh |
| Holder Label: | Most recent winner |
| Award1 Type: | Total awarded |
| Award1 Winner: | 40 |
H. K. Firodia Awards for excellence in science and technology are given annually by the H. K. Firodia Foundation. The awards were initiated in 1996 to recognize achievements by Indian scientists in any field of science, and aim to promote a scientific spirit among young Indians.
The awards are given at a ceremony in Pune, at hands of eminent chief guests such as Kapil Sibal, Mukesh Ambani, Verghese Kurien.
There are 2 awards every year:
The awards are given to any Indian citizen who has made original and outstanding contribution and done world class work in the field of science & technology and distinguished himself; the excellence may relate to any field of scientific endeavour from agriculture, engineering and medical sciences to space and environmental sciences.
Source: H K Firodia Foundation
| Year | Name | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Engineering & Space | |
| Computer Science | ||
| 1997 | Chemistry | |
| Nuclear | ||
| 1998 | Nuclear | |
| Nuclear | ||
| 1999 | Engineering & Space | |
| Chemistry | ||
| Chemistry | ||
| 2000 | Engineering & Space | |
| Nuclear | ||
| 2001 | Astronomy & Astrophysics | |
| Engineering & Space | ||
| 2002 | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics | |
| Computer Science | ||
| 2003 | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics | |
| Chemistry | ||
| 2004 | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics | |
| Engineering & Space | ||
| 2005 | Agriculture | |
| Engineering & Space | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| 2006 | Astronomy & Astrophysics | |
| Nuclear | ||
| 2007 | Ecology | |
| Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics | ||
| 2008 | Ecology | |
| Mathematics | ||
| 2009 | Physics | |
| Engineering & Space | ||
| 2010 | Chemistry | |
| Physics | ||
| 2011 | Engineering & Space | |
| Mathematics | ||
| 2012 | Physics | |
| Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics | ||
| 2013 | Nano Technology | |
| Mathematics | ||
| 2014 | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics | |
| Chemistry | ||
| 2015 | Baldev Raj | Nuclear |
| Krishna N. Ganesh | Chemistry | |
| 2016 | Sriram Ramaswamy | Physics |
| Sanjeev Dhurandhar | Astrophysics | |
| 2017 | A S Kiran Kumar[1] | Aeronautics |
| Ashutosh Sharma | Nanotechnology | |
| 2018[2] | Sandip Trivedi | Theoretical physics |
| Satyajit Mayor | Biology | |
| 2019 | K. Sivan | Aerospace engineering |
| Shekhar Mande | Structural and Computational Biology | |