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S. Rajan</b> (born 10 April 1943) is an Indian professor, scientist and administrator. He is Honorary Distinguished Professor in <a href="/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Space Research Organisation">Indian Space Research Organisation</a>. He has made major contributions to various aspects of management of science, technology and innovation. In 2012, he was awarded with <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> for his contributions in science and engineering.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is one of the well known scientists who has closely worked with <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Kalam" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdul Kalam">Abdul Kalam</a>, former <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Y._S._Rajan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Y. S. Rajan was born into a <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Brahmin" title="Tamil Brahmin">Tamil Brahmin</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> family on 10 April 1943 in <a href="/wiki/Kottaram" title="Kottaram">Kottaram</a> near <a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli" title="Tirunelveli">Tirunelveli</a>. His grandfather, Sundara Ganapadigal was a great Vedic scholar. His mother's name is Visalakshi and father's name is S Yagnaswami. His parents moved to <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, and Dr. Y S Rajan went on to do his schooling and later college education here. He received his master's degree in Physics from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Bombay">University of Bombay</a> in 1964. He started his career as a research scholar at Physical Research Laboratory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Y._S._Rajan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He went on to hold several positions including scientific secretary positions in <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Space" title="Department of Space">Department of Space</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Space Research Organisation">Indian Space Research Organisation</a>. He contributed in areas like STI administration, institution building, diplomacy, strategic studies, environmental technologies, and natural resources management. He was elected as Member of <a href="/wiki/International_Academy_of_Astronautics" title="International Academy of Astronautics">International Academy of Astronautics</a> (IAA) (1986). He was the first Executive Director of Technology Information and Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), since (1988-2002) and executed Mission REACH, an initiative of TIFAC. He has held several senior positions in <a href="/wiki/National_Natural_Resources_Management_System" title="National Natural Resources Management System">National Natural Resources Management System</a>, <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_Indian_Industry" title="Confederation of Indian Industry">Confederation of Indian Industry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as Vice-Chancellor in <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Technical_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab Technical University">Punjab Technical University</a> (PTU), Scientific Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister, Chairman of the Board in <a href="/wiki/Nalanda_University" title="Nalanda University">Nalanda University</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and adjunct professor in <a href="/wiki/Birla_Institute_of_Technology_%26_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Birla Institute of Technology & Science">Birla Institute of Technology & Science</a> (BITS), Pilani. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books_and_works">Books and works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Y._S._Rajan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Books and works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is a co-author of <i><a href="/wiki/India_2020" title="India 2020">India 2020</a>: A Vision for the New Millennium</i> with <a href="/wiki/A_P_J_Abdul_Kalam" class="mw-redirect" title="A P J Abdul Kalam">A P J Abdul Kalam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Hindi version: <i>Bharat 2020 Aur Uske Baad</i>). He has authored many books including <i>Discover Your Power Quotient</i> and more than 200 articles and papers, which have also been published in international journals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Y._S._Rajan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He has been honored with many awards including <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> (2012), Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (1998), Fellow of World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) (2010), Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) from Jain Vishva Bharati University, Ladnun, Rajasthan (2005)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Y._S._Rajan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881">"Padma Awards Announced"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Press_Information_Bureau" title="Press Information Bureau">Press Information Bureau</a>, Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Padma+Awards+Announced&rft.pub=Press+Information+Bureau%2C+Ministry+of+Home+Affairs&rft.date=2012-01-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pib.nic.in%2Fnewsite%2Ferelease.aspx%3Frelid%3D79881&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AY.+S.+Rajan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSinha2015" class="citation news cs1">Sinha, Amitabh (29 July 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/a-friend-remembers-kalam-he-belonged-more-at-isro-than-drdo/">"A Friend Remembers Kalam: He belonged more at ISRO than DRDO"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Indian_Express" title="The Indian Express">The Indian Express</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Indian+Express&rft.atitle=A+Friend+Remembers+Kalam%3A+He+belonged+more+at+ISRO+than+DRDO&rft.date=2015-07-29&rft.aulast=Sinha&rft.aufirst=Amitabh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Findianexpress.com%2Farticle%2Findia%2Findia-others%2Fa-friend-remembers-kalam-he-belonged-more-at-isro-than-drdo%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AY.+S.+Rajan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRajan2010" class="citation book cs1">Rajan, Y. S. (8 December 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QtotCwAAQBAJ&q=y+s+rajan+brahman&pg=PT45"><i>Way Beyond The Three Rs: India's Educational Challenge in the 21st Century</i></a>. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Laxman_Mahadeo_Chitale" title="Laxman Mahadeo Chitale">Laxman Mahadeo Chitale</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Prakash_Gehlote" title="Ram Prakash Gehlote">Ram Prakash Gehlote</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnaswami_Ramiah" title="Krishnaswami Ramiah">Krishnaswami Ramiah</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Raj_Nijhawan" title="Bal Raj Nijhawan">Bal Raj Nijhawan</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Peary_Pal" title="Benjamin Peary Pal">Benjamin Peary Pal</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navalpakkam_Parthasarthy" title="Navalpakkam Parthasarthy">Navalpakkam Parthasarthy</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendranath_Kar" title="Surendranath Kar">Surendranath Kar</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Mathur" title="Om Prakash Mathur">Om Prakash Mathur</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homi_Sethna" title="Homi Sethna">Homi Sethna</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumar_Das" title="Anil Kumar Das">Anil Kumar Das</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._S._Rao" title="A. S. Rao">A. S. Rao</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._K._Menon" title="M. G. K. Menon">M. G. K. Menon</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahm_Prakash" title="Brahm Prakash">Brahm Prakash</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Man_Mohan_Suri" title="Man Mohan Suri">Man Mohan Suri</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramananda_Acharya" title="Paramananda Acharya">Paramananda Acharya</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Madav_Ghatage" title="Vishnu Madav Ghatage">Vishnu Madav Ghatage</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Dhawan" title="Satish Dhawan">Satish Dhawan</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maganbhai_Ramchhodbhai_Patel" title="Maganbhai Ramchhodbhai Patel">Maganbhai Ramchhodbhai Patel</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermenegild_Santapau" title="Hermenegild Santapau">Hermenegild Santapau</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Swaminathan" title="M. S. Swaminathan">M. S. Swaminathan</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guduru_Venkatachalam" title="Guduru Venkatachalam">Guduru Venkatachalam</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Ramanna" title="Raja Ramanna">Raja Ramanna</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nautam_Bhatt" title="Nautam Bhatt">Nautam Bhatt</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amrik_Singh_Cheema" title="Amrik Singh Cheema">Amrik Singh Cheema</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._V._Mahalingam" title="T. V. Mahalingam">T. V. Mahalingam</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P._R._Pisharoty" title="P. R. Pisharoty">P. R. Pisharoty</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moti_Lal_Dhar" title="Moti Lal Dhar">Moti Lal Dhar</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zafar_Futehally" title="Zafar Futehally">Zafar Futehally</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Lal" title="Devendra Lal">Devendra Lal</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Correa" title="Charles Correa">Charles Correa</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Kesava_Panikkar" title="N. Kesava Panikkar">N. Kesava Panikkar</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Swarup" title="Govind Swarup">Govind Swarup</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achyut_Kanvinde" title="Achyut Kanvinde">Achyut Kanvinde</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suchitra_Mitra" title="Suchitra Mitra">Suchitra Mitra</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._N._R._Rao" title="C. N. R. Rao">C. N. R. Rao</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitaram_Rao_Valluri" title="Sitaram Rao Valluri">Sitaram Rao Valluri</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajagopala_Chidambaram" title="Rajagopala Chidambaram">Rajagopala Chidambaram</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shambhu_Dayal_Sinvhal" title="Shambhu Dayal Sinvhal">Shambhu Dayal Sinvhal</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._R._Deodhar" title="B. R. Deodhar">B. R. Deodhar</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">B. V. Doshi</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atmaram_Bhairav_Joshi" title="Atmaram Bhairav Joshi">Atmaram Bhairav Joshi</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaki_Ammal" title="Janaki Ammal">Janaki Ammal</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugal_Kishore_Choudhury" class="mw-redirect" title="Jugal Kishore Choudhury">Jugal Kishore Choudhury</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prafulla_Kumar_Jena" title="Prafulla Kumar Jena">Prafulla Kumar Jena</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwa_Gopal_Jhingran" title="Vishwa Gopal Jhingran">Vishwa Gopal Jhingran</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibte_Hasan_Zaidi" title="Sibte Hasan Zaidi">Sibte Hasan Zaidi</a> (1977)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hari_Krishan_Jain" title="Hari Krishan Jain">Hari Krishan Jain</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurcharan_Singh_Kalkat" title="Gurcharan Singh Kalkat">Gurcharan Singh Kalkat</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinkar_G._Kelkar" title="Dinkar G. Kelkar">Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnaswamy_Kasturirangan" title="Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan">Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Prakash" title="Satya Prakash">Satya Prakash</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Narayana_Rao" title="V. Narayana Rao">V. Narayana Rao</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saroj_Raj_Choudhury" title="Saroj Raj Choudhury">Saroj Raj Choudhury</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Nasiem_Siddiquie" title="Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie">Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Ren%C3%A9e_Cura" title="María Renée Cura">María Renée Cura</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Gowarikar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasant Gowarikar">Vasant Gowarikar</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Kale" title="Pramod Kale">Pramod Kale</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilamber_Pant" title="Nilamber Pant">Nilamber Pant</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myneni_Hariprasada_Rao" title="Myneni Hariprasada Rao">Myneni Hariprasada Rao</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._R._Srinivasan" title="M. R. Srinivasan">M. R. Srinivasan</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Predhiman_Krishan_Kaw" title="Predhiman Krishan Kaw">Predhiman Krishan Kaw</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._S._Rao" title="P. V. S. Rao">P. V. S. Rao</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramadas_P._Shenoy" title="Ramadas P. Shenoy">Ramadas P. Shenoy</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saroj_Ghose" title="Saroj Ghose">Saroj Ghose</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palle_Rama_Rao" title="Palle Rama Rao">Palle Rama Rao</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Narain_Agarwal" title="Ram Narain Agarwal">Ram Narain Agarwal</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurie_Baker" title="Laurie Baker">Laurie Baker</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._R._Kurup" title="M. R. Kurup">M. R. Kurup</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Bakshi" title="Rakesh Bakshi">Rakesh Bakshi</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._L._Deekshatulu" title="B. L. Deekshatulu">B. L. Deekshatulu</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Kumar_Gupta" title="Narinder Kumar Gupta">Narinder Kumar Gupta</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Krishna_Joshi" title="Shri Krishna Joshi">Shri Krishna Joshi</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Anant_Mashelkar" title="Raghunath Anant Mashelkar">Raghunath Anant Mashelkar</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govindarajan_Padmanaban" title="Govindarajan Padmanaban">Govindarajan Padmanaban</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangalore_Puttaiya_Radhakrishna" title="Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna">Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._V._Rama_Rao" title="A. V. Rama Rao">A. V. Rama Rao</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganeshan_Venkataraman" title="Ganeshan Venkataraman">Ganeshan Venkataraman</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhava_Ashish" title="Madhava Ashish">Madhava Ashish</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._S._Venkataraman" title="G. S. Venkataraman">G. S. Venkataraman</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kailash_Sankhala" title="Kailash Sankhala">Kailash Sankhala</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Prakash_Sharma" title="Vinod Prakash Sharma">Vinod Prakash Sharma</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Allen_Stein" title="Joseph Allen Stein">Joseph Allen Stein</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Attavar" title="Manmohan Attavar">Manmohan Attavar</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priyambada_Mohanty_Hejmadi" title="Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi">Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kakodkar" title="Anil Kakodkar">Anil Kakodkar</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Narayan_Purohit" title="Aditya Narayan Purohit">Aditya Narayan Purohit</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Saraswat" title="V. K. Saraswat">V. K. Saraswat</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asis_Datta" title="Asis Datta">Asis Datta</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Nath" title="Indira Nath">Indira Nath</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Ramakumar" title="M. S. Ramakumar">M. S. Ramakumar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._V._Rao" title="M. V. Rao">M. V. Rao</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._K._Sikka" title="S. K. Sikka">S. K. Sikka</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_P._Bhatkar" title="Vijay P. Bhatkar">Vijay P. Bhatkar</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._D._Bhawalkar" title="D. D. Bhawalkar">D. D. Bhawalkar</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurdev_Khush" title="Gurdev Khush">Gurdev Khush</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parasu_Ram_Mishra" title="Parasu Ram Mishra">Parasu Ram Mishra</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandip_Kumar_Basu" title="Sandip Kumar Basu">Sandip Kumar Basu</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bisweswar_Bhattacharjee" title="Bisweswar Bhattacharjee">Bisweswar Bhattacharjee</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Chaturvedi" title="V. K. Chaturvedi">V. K. Chaturvedi</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketayun_Ardeshir_Dinshaw" title="Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw">Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Shanker_Goel" title="Prem Shanker Goel">Prem Shanker Goel</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goverdhan_Mehta" title="Goverdhan Mehta">Goverdhan Mehta</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._G._Krishnadas_Nair" title="C. G. Krishnadas Nair">C. G. Krishnadas Nair</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Raghunathan" title="M. S. Raghunathan">M. S. Raghunathan</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjaya_Rajaram" title="Sanjaya Rajaram">Sanjaya Rajaram</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._V._Ramakrishnan" title="T. V. Ramakrishnan">T. V. Ramakrishnan</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirumalachari_Ramasami" title="Thirumalachari Ramasami">Thirumalachari Ramasami</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasika_Durga_Prasada_Rao" title="Dasika Durga Prasada Rao">Dasika Durga Prasada Rao</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ratnasamy" title="Paul Ratnasamy">Paul Ratnasamy</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoke_Sen" title="Ashoke Sen">Ashoke Sen</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bikash_Sinha" title="Bikash Sinha">Bikash Sinha</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suhas_Pandurang_Sukhatme" title="Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme">Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._S._Arya" title="A. S. Arya">A. S. Arya</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayanaswamy_Balakrishnan" title="Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan">Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmanabhan_Balaram" title="Padmanabhan Balaram">Padmanabhan Balaram</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorairajan_Balasubramanian" title="Dorairajan Balasubramanian">Dorairajan Balasubramanian</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanath_Cowsik" title="Ramanath Cowsik">Ramanath Cowsik</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaitanyamoy_Ganguly" title="Chaitanyamoy Ganguly">Chaitanyamoy Ganguly</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kota_Harinarayana" title="Kota Harinarayana">Kota Harinarayana</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Jhunjhunwala" title="Ashok Jhunjhunwala">Ashok Jhunjhunwala</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitav_Malik" class="mw-redirect" title="Amitav Malik">Amitav Malik</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katuru_Narayana" title="Katuru Narayana">Katuru Narayana</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Sivathanu_Pillai" title="A. 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Mahadevappa</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramachandran_Balasubramanian" title="Ramachandran Balasubramanian">Ramachandran Balasubramanian</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harsh_Gupta" title="Harsh Gupta">Harsh Gupta</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seyed_E._Hasnain" title="Seyed E. Hasnain">Seyed E. Hasnain</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Kumar_(physicist)" title="Narendra Kumar (physicist)">Narendra Kumar</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Nimbkar" title="B. V. Nimbkar">B. V. Nimbkar</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaminathan_Sivaram" title="Swaminathan Sivaram">Swaminathan Sivaram</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thekkethil_Kochandy_Alex" class="mw-redirect" title="Thekkethil Kochandy Alex">Thekkethil Kochandy Alex</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabi_Narayan_Bastia" title="Rabi Narayan Bastia">Rabi Narayan Bastia</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_K._Biswas" title="Dilip K. Biswas">Dilip K. 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R. S. Rao">M. R. S. Rao</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayalakshmi_Ravindranath" title="Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath">Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponisseril_Somasundaran" title="Ponisseril Somasundaran">Ponisseril Somasundaran</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Annamalai_(scientist)" title="M. Annamalai (scientist)">M. Annamalai</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moni_Lal_Bhoumik" class="mw-redirect" title="Moni Lal Bhoumik">Moni Lal Bhoumik</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coimbatore_Narayana_Rao_Raghavendran" title="Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran">Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suman_Sahai" title="Suman Sahai">Suman Sahai</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Shankar" title="G. Shankar">G. Shankar</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._A._Siddiq" title="E. A. Siddiq">E. A. Siddiq</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subra_Suresh" title="Subra Suresh">Subra Suresh</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Adimurthy" title="V. Adimurthy">V. Adimurthy</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rameshwar_Nath_Koul_Bamezai" title="Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai">Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Lal_Chadha" title="Krishna Lal Chadha">Krishna Lal Chadha</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virander_Singh_Chauhan" title="Virander Singh Chauhan">Virander Singh Chauhan</a> (2012)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Y. S. Rajan</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Shukla" title="Jagadish Shukla">Jagadish Shukla</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijaypal_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijaypal Singh">Vijaypal Singh</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lokesh_Kumar_Singhal" title="Lokesh Kumar Singhal">Lokesh Kumar Singhal</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manindra_Agrawal" title="Manindra Agrawal">Manindra Agrawal</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustansir_Barma" title="Mustansir Barma">Mustansir Barma</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avinash_Chander" title="Avinash Chander">Avinash Chander</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Govind_Dhande" title="Sanjay Govind Dhande">Sanjay Govind Dhande</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayaraman_Gowrishankar" title="Jayaraman Gowrishankar">Jayaraman Gowrishankar</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_P._Kale" title="Sharad P. Kale">Sharad P. Kale</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankar_Kumar_Pal" title="Sankar Kumar Pal">Sankar Kumar Pal</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deepak_B._Phatak" title="Deepak B. Phatak">Deepak B. Phatak</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudundi_Ramakrishna_Raju" title="Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju">Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajay_K._Sood" title="Ajay K. Sood">Ajay K. Sood</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._VijayRaghavan" class="mw-redirect" title="K. VijayRaghavan">K. VijayRaghavan</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekhar_Basu" title="Sekhar Basu">Sekhar Basu</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhavan_Chandradathan" title="Madhavan Chandradathan">Madhavan Chandradathan</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanta_Kumar_Ghosh" title="Jayanta Kumar Ghosh">Jayanta Kumar Ghosh</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Grover" title="Ravi Grover">Ravi Grover</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_V._Hosur" title="Ramakrishna V. Hosur">Ramakrishna V. 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