CSIR Young Scientist Awards, 2011 were instituted in 1987. CSIR Young Scientist Awards seek to promote in- house excellence in various fields of science and technology. CSIR scientist, below 35 years of age, as reckoned on 26 September (CSIR Fondation Day) of the preceding year, is eligible for the Award.
These awards are given annually in the fields of Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences and Engineering Sciences Physical Sciences (including instrumentation).
Each award consist of a citation, a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) and a plaque. CSIR Young Scientist Awardees are also entitled to a research grant of Rs. 5.0 Lakhs (Rupees five lakh only) per annum for a period of five years and an honorarium of Rs. 7,5000/- (Rupees seven thousand and five hundred only) per month till the age of 45 years.
Till 2010, 140 scientists (including 17 women scientists) have received the CSIR Yound Scientist Award and out of these 15 scientists have been conferred with the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. For the year 2011, Advisory Committee consisting of eminent scientists recommended the following seven scientists for the CSIR Young Scientist Awards. This year, none was found suitable in Biological Sciences and Physical Sciences (including instrumentation).
In Chemical Sciences, Dr Bikash Kumar Jena was given the CSIR Young Scientist Award for the year 2011 in Chemical Sciences. Dr Bikash Kumar Jena is from CSIR Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar . It is given for his outstanding contribution in the area of materials chemistry particularly in developing methods for synthesizing shapes control structures useful for sensing , electrocatalysis and surface enhanced Raman scattering studies.
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