Honours And Awards Won By IMTECH Scientists http://imtech.res.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=59#IYBA Prestigious Awards and Honours  2010-2011 2009-2010 2008-2009 2007-2008 2006-2007 2005-2006 2004-2005 2003-2004 2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001 1999-2000 1996-1997 1995-1996 1994-1995 1991-1992 Prestigious Awards and Honours Dr. Pradip K. Chakraborti elected Fellow of Indian National Science Academy Dr. Swaranjit Singh Cameotra has been elected Fellow of the National Environmental Science Academy (FNESA).  Dr. G.P.S. Raghava has been selected for the award of “Jagadish Chandra  Bose (J.C. Bose) National Fellowship Award” by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Dr. Pradip Chakraborti has been elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.  Dr. Javed N. Agrewala elected as: Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (2009) Dr. G.P.S. Raghava has been elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. Dr. G.P.S. Raghava has been selected for the award of "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize" for the year 2008 in Biological Sciences. Dr. Javed N. Agrewala selected for the prestigious National Bioscience Award for Career Development for 2006-2007. Dr. G.P.S. Raghava selected for the prestigious National Bioscience Award for Career Development for 2005-2006. Dr. J.N. Agrewala selected for the prestigious Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar award in medical science. (2004-2005) Dr. Girish Sahni was conferred the prestigious "Ranbaxy Award" for the year 2003 on October 8, 2004 by Hon'ble President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in the area of "Pharmaceutical Sciences" for his outstanding contributions towards the develoment of innovative clot bluster technologies for the treatment of cardiac associated maladies such as heart attacks, strokes etc. Dr. R.K. Jain was selected for the National Bioscience Award for the year 2002-2003 for his outstanding contributions in research. The then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee presented to the Institute the prestigious CSIR Technology Award, the "Process Technology Shield" for the indigenous development of a technology for natural streptokinase. This award was received by Dr. Amit Ghosh the then Director on behalf of the other members of IMTECH team consisting of Dr. Girish Sahni (team leader), Dr. U.C. Banerjee, Dr. Naresh Kumar, Mrs. Paramjit Kaur and Mr. Anil Jaryal at an impressive ceremony for celebrating the CSIR Diamond Jubilee at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on September 26, 2002.  Dr. Girish Sahni was bestowed the prestigious VASVIK award for the year 2000 in the area of Biological Sciences & Technology. Dr. Sahni was conferred this award in Mumbai by the Hon. John Prescott, Dy. Prime Minister of U.K.  Dr. Girish Sahni was awarded the "National Biotech Product & Process Development and Commercialisation Award" for the year 2002. Dr. P.K. Chakraborti was selected for the National Bioscience Award for the year 2001-2002 for his outstanding contributions in research. Dr. A.K. Bachhawat was selected for the National Bioscience Award for the year 2000-2001 for his outstanding contributions in research. Dr. Amit Ghosh, ex-Director, IMTECH was conferred the prestigious "Ranbaxy Award" for the year 1998 in the area of "Medical Sciences - Applied Research" for his innovative research leading to the creation of a genetically engineered oral recombinant vaccine for cholera and for his incisive work in the field of cholera epidemiology. 2010-2011  2009-2010  Dr. Pawan Gupta  has been selected for the “Innovative Young Biotechnologists Award" for the year 2009 by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.   Dr. G.P.S. Raghava has been selected for the award of “Jagadish Chandra  Bose (J.C. Bose) National Fellowship Award” by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.    Dr. Pradip Chakraborti has been elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. IMTECH has been awarded 2nd position amongst the category 'scientific and research institutes' in the field ofRajbhasha Implementation by TOLIC, Chandigarh for the year 2008-09. 2008-2009 Dr. G.P.S. Raghava awarded the NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Awards (2009) Dr. Javed N. Agrewala elected as: Fellow of Indian National Science Academy Ms Hardeep Kaur has been awarded "Ranbaxy Science Scholar" for the year 2009 in the field of Medical Sciences Dr. Javed N. Agrewala elected as: Regular Member of American Association of Immunologists. Dr. S. Mayilraj awarded Raman Research Fellowship for the year 2009-2010 Dr. Swaranjit Singh Cameotra has been awarded "Environmentalist" by National Environmental Sciences Academy. Dr. G.P.S. Raghava awarded the Thomson Reuters Research Excellence India Research Front Award Dr. Jagmohan Singh has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Microbiology, USA.Dr. G.P.S. Raghava has been elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. Dr. Swaranjit Singh Cameotra has been elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Biological Sciences(NABS) for 2008 Dr. G.P.S. Raghava has been selected for the award of "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize" for the year 2008 in Biological Sciences. Dr. S. Mayilraj awarded NASA Tech Brief Award for Description of a novel species Tetrasphaera remsis isolated from the Regenerative Enclosed Life Suppor t Module Simulator air system. 2007-2008 Dr. Swaranjit Singh Cameotra was awarded: Fellow Association of Microbiologists, India (FAMI). Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jain selected for Dr. Y.S. Narayana Rao Oration Award (2004) for his significant contributions in biomedical research 2006-2007 Dr. Javed N. Agrewala selected for the prestigious National Bioscience Award for Career Development for 2006-2007. Dr. Girish Sahni:- Fellow of Association of Microbiologists of India. 2005-2006 Dr. Swaranjit Singh Cameotra was awarded:1st Prize for essay on .Team CSIR in the labs and fields. organized by CSIR-SSBMT by the DG CSIR in Lucknow on the 20th February 2005. Dr. P. Guptasarma selected for the prestigious AVRA Young Scientist Award 2005. Dr. G.P.S. Raghava selected for the prestigious National Bioscience Award for Career Development for 2005-2006. 2004-2005 Dr. J.N. Agrewala selected for the prestigious Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar award in medical science. Dr. R.K. Jain was selected for the prestigious "Pitamber Pant National Environment Fellowship Award" for the year 2004. The award is in recognition of his contribution in the field of Environmental Biotechnology and for undertaking on "Chemo toxic and biodegradation of nitro aromatic compounds". Dr. R.K. Jain was invited to be a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology". Dr. G.P.S. Raghava was Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr. J.N. Agrewala was Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr. R.K. Jain was Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences  Dr. P. Guptasarma was Elected as a Member, Guha Research Conference Dr. Jagmohan Singh was elected a Member, Guha Research Conference Dr. Girish Sahni was conferred the prestigious "Ranbaxy Award" for the year 2003 on October 8, 2004 by Hon'ble President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in the area of "Pharmaceutical Sciences" for his outstanding contributions towards the develoment of innovative clot bluster technologies for the treatment of cardiac associated maladies such as heart attacks, strokes etc.  2003-2004 Dr. Jagmohan Singh was elected Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India. 2002-2003 Dr. R.K. Jain was selected for the National Bioscience Award for the year 2002-2003 for his outstanding contributions in research.  TECHNOLOGY AWARD BAGGED BY IMTECH The then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee presented to the Institute the prestigious CSIR Technology Award, the "Process Technology Shield" for the indigenous development of a technology for natural streptokinase. This award was received by Dr. Amit Ghosh the then Director on behalf of the other members of IMTECH team consisting of Dr. Girish Sahni (team leader), Dr. U.C. Banerjee, Dr. Naresh Kumar, Mrs. Paramjit Kaur and Mr. Anil Jaryal at an impressive ceremony for celebrating the CSIR Diamond Jubilee at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on September 26, 2002.  Dr. Girish Sahni was bestowed the prestigious VASVIK award for the year 2000 in the area of Biological Sciences & Technology. Dr. Sahni was conferred this award in Mumbai by the Hon. John Prescott, Dy. Prime Minister of U.K.  Dr. Girish Sahni was awarded the "National Biotech Product & Process Development and Commercialisation Award" for the year 2002. Dr. R.K. Jain was selected by Association of Microbiologists of India for AMI-ALEMBIC Award, 2002. Dr. (Mrs.) K.L. Dikshit was elected member of Guha Research Conference. Dr. G. Sahni was designated "CSIR Champion for health" by DG, CSIR. Dr. R.K. Jain was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr. Girish Sahni was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr. K.L. Dikshit was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. 2001-2002 Dr. P.K. Chakraborti was selected for the National Bioscience Award for the year 2001-2002 for his outstanding contributions in research. 2000-2001 Dr. Amit Ghosh, elected Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences, India for two years w.e.f. 1.1.2001. Dr. P. Guptasarma was conferred the CSIR Young Scientist Award for the year 2000 for his outstanding contributions in the area of Biological Sciences. Dr. P.K. Chakraborti was elected member of the Guha Research Conference. Dr. P.K. Chakraborti was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr. R.K. Jain was selected for the Novo Nordisk Life Science Research Award for the year 2000 for his outstanding contributions in research. Dr. Girish Sahni was elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. Dr. A.K. Bachhawat was selected for the National Bioscience Award for the year 2000-2001 for his outstanding contributions in research. Chandigarh Town Official Language Implementation Committee awarded IMTECH, Chandigarh the second prize for the work done in Hindi in the Institute, during the year 2000-2001. 1999-2000 Dr. Amit Ghosh, ex-Director, IMTECH was conferred the prestigious "Ranbaxy Award" for the year 1998 in the area of "Medical Sciences - Applied Research" for his innovative research leading to the creation of a genetically engineered oral recombinant vaccine for cholera and for his incisive work in the field of cholera epidemiology.  Chandigarh Town Official Language Implementation Committee awarded IMTECH, Chandigarh, the first prize on the 6th Dec., 1999 for the work done in Hindi in the Institute, during the year 1998-99.  Dr. Amit Ghosh, elected fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. 1996-1997 Dr. P. Guptasarma was conferred A.K. Bose Memorial Award 1996 by Indian National Science Academy. 1995-1996 Dr. C.M. Gupta, Ex-Director, IMTECH was conferred the prestigious "FICCI Award" for the year 1994-95 by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in recognition for his contributions and achievements in the area of Life Sciences. Dr. C.M. Gupta was conferred B.N. Singh Memorial Lecture Award of Indian Society of Parasitology. 1994-1995 IMTECH alongwith Vittal Mallya Scientific Research Foundation, Bangalore bagged the CSIR Technology Prize for Biological Sciences and Technology- 1994 for developing a high osmotolerant and ethanol tolerant genetically modified strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for producing alcohol from molasses.  1991-1992 Dr. Amitabha Mukhopadhyay was conferred into the CSIR Young Scientist Award for his outstanding contributions in the area of Biological Sciences.