<a href="/content/infosys-isf/en/laureates/2021/neeraj-kayal.html" title="Neeraj Kayal">Neeraj Kayal</a>

Dr. Neeraj Kayal

The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Dr. Neeraj Kayal on being awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2022 for Mathematical Sciences, which was announced by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in 2023.

Neeraj Kayal
Infosys Prize
Mathematical Sciences 2021
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Prof. Raj Chetty

The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates its laureate, Prof. Raj Chetty, on winning the Ledlie Prize for his work on analyzing the American Dream based on numbers through big data. Chetty is the William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and director of Opportunity Insights, a group of economists based at Harvard who study inequality.

Raj Chetty
Infosys Prize
Social Sciences 2020
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Dr. Anil Bhardwaj

The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, on winning the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Fellows Award. He has been President of AOGS-Planetary Sciences (2006-2008, 2008-2010), AOGS Planetary Sciences Distinguish Lecturer 2014, and is an active Member of AOGS since its first annual meeting in 2004.

Anil Bhardwaj
Infosys Prize
Physical Sciences 2016
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Prof. Akshay Venkatesh

The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Akshay Venkatesh on being elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences. A well-known mathematician, Prof. Venkatesh has worked on many topics at the interface between number theory and other fields, including representation theory, dynamics and algebraic topology.

Akshay Venkatesh
Infosys Prize
Mathematical Sciences 2016

Past Announcements

10 May, 2023


Announcement

The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Sourav Chatterjee on being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. The president of the Royal Society, Sir Adrian Smith said, “These individuals have pushed forward the boundaries of their respective fields and had a beneficial influence on the world beyond.”


25 February, 2023


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The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Hari Balakrishnan on winning the 2023 Marconi Prize and becoming a member of the Marconi Society. He has been recognized for his fundamental discoveries through pioneering research at MIT on the CarTel mobile sensing and distributed systems in wired and wireless networking. Vint Cerf, the Chair of the Marconi Society said that “Prof. Balakrishnan’s focus on scientific excellence and his humanitarian contributions make him the perfect choice.”


3 October, 2022


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The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Yamuna Krishnan on being awarded the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for High-Risk, and High-Reward Research. The Pioneer award will enable Krishnan to use her organellar ion-mapping technology to develop a new field of in situ organelle electrophysiology and develop an understanding of the electrical behavior of organelle membranes in neurodegenerative disease.


3 June, 2022


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The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Ananya Jahanara Kabir on being awarded a British Academy / Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship 2022 for her project "Alegropolitics: Connecting on the Afromodern Dance Floor".


5 May, 2022


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The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Sunil Amrith on winning the 2022 Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for History in recognition of his "examination of the historical origins of inequality within and between countries and the impact of climate change on global socioeconomic conditions."


01 April, 2020


Announcement

The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Kavita Singh on being appointed a trustee of the Getty Museum. The museum's President and CEO James Cuno said in the announcement that Prof. Singh's leadership will be particularly important as the museum seeks to promote a greater understanding of the world's cultural heritage and its universal value to society.


14 October, 2019


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The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Abhijit Banerjee and Prof. Esther Duflo on winning the Nobel Prize in Economics 2019 along with their colleague Michael Kremer for their work in alleviating global poverty.


02 August, 2018


Announcement

The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Akshay Venkatesh on winning the Fields Medal 2018. Prof. Venkatesh was awarded for his stellar work in analytic number theory.


18 April, 2018


Announcement

The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Gagandeep Kang on becoming the first Indian woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Prof. Kang was among 51 eminent scientists elected to the fellowship in 2019. Other Infosys Prize laureates elected to the Royal Society in 2019 include Prof. Manjul Bhargava and Prof. Akshay Venkatesh. The Foundation congratulates them!


11 October, 2017


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The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Sunil Amrith on being awareded the MacArthur 'Genius' Grant (2017). The MacArthur Fellows Program awards between 20 and 30 individuals working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction".


13 August, 2014


Announcement

The Infosys Science Foundation congratulates Prof. Manjul Bhargava on winning the Fields Medal 2014 for his work in number theory. Prof. Bhargava was awarded the medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul.