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K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal" class="rdf-meta hidden"></span> </header> <div property="content:encoded" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="color: blue;"><em><strong>Congratulations to Dr. Anupam Bhardwaj and Dr. Joe Philip Ninan, the joint recipients of the Professor M. K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal for the year 2024.</strong></em></p> <p><strong>1. About the award</strong></p> <p>The Astronomical Society of India (ASI) has instituted a fund in the memory of Professor M. K. Vainu Bappu. Prof. Bappu was an Indian Astronomer known for the discovery of Wilson-Bappu effect, was the first president of the ASI and president of the International Astronomical Union and laid the foundation of modern Astronomy and telescope facilities in India. The award was instituted with the objectives to promote knowledge of Astronomy and Astrophysics and honour the contributions made by young scientists, not beyond 35 years of age, from any part of the world, in the field of astronomy and astrophysics. There is an age relaxation of 3 yrs for women candidates, with an upper age limit of 38 years.</p> <p>As a token of appreciation of the scientist's contribution to astronomy and astrophysics, the Astronomical Society of India awards the Professor M.K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal and a citation. The award is given at an interval of two years. Partial support for the recipient's travel to the venue of the meeting and full local hospitality during the period of the meeting will be provided by the Society.</p> <p><strong>2. Nomination Criteria</strong></p> <p>Young astronomers with exceptional achievements and promise are eligible for the award. The scientific achievements may be in any branch of astronomy, astrophysics and related fields. There are no restrictions on nationality. Work done prior to 31 December of the nomination period only will be considered.</p> <p><strong>3. Application聽聽 </strong></p> <p>All nominations for the award聽 must聽 be received by the ASI, by the deadline as indicated on the website of the ASI. The nominations may be made by Heads of Institutions, Directors of Observatories, Heads of Departments or Senior scientists. A nominator can submit only a single application for the award.</p> <p><strong><em style="color:#0066ff;">For the award year 2024, the nominations for the award must be received by 25th Nov 2024 (closed). The date of birth of the nominee should be on or after 1st Jan 1989. For women candidates the date of birth of the nominee should be on or after 1st Jan 1986. Work done prior to 31 December 2023 will only be considered.</em></strong></p> <!--p><em style="color:#0066ff;">ASI is not accepting nominations for this award in the year 2023.</em></p--><p>Each nomination, including all the supporting documents, should be submitted online in the following format:</p> <ol><li>Name of Nominee</li> <li>Details of Nominee<br /><ol type="a"><li>Affiliation</li> <li>Address for correspondence</li> <li>Date of birth</li> <li>Email-address</li> <li>Phone number</li> </ol></li> <li>Nomination letter with signature and date</li> <li>Academic qualifications</li> <li>Major scientific achievements on which the nomination is based</li> <li>List of publications</li> <li>Links to publications relevant to the recommendation</li> <li>Citations of relevance</li> <li>Any other information pertaining to the scientific excellence of the nominee</li> <li>Details of proposer<br /><ol type="a"><li>Name</li> <li>Designation and Affiliation</li> <li>Address for correspondence,</li> <li>Email id</li> <li>Phone number</li> </ol></li> </ol><!--p><a href="https://astron-soc.in/vbawardpage" style="color:red;" target="_blank"><em><strong>Online form for application</strong></em></a></p--><p style="color:red;" target="_blank"><em><strong>Online form to receive nominations is closed.</strong></em></p> <p><strong>4. Selection Process</strong></p> <p>A five member Award Selection Committee (ASC) is constituted by the ASI ensuring technical and gender representation. Each member of the ASC receives all nominations along with the supporting material. The ASC will communicate the result of its deliberations to the ASI council within three months聽 following the submission deadline.</p> <p><strong>5. Announcement of the Award</strong></p> <p>The successful nominee should be informed of the decision of the ASI council and be asked to receive the award and deliver the Vainu Bappu Memorial lecture during the following ASI meeting.</p> <p>This award was instituted in the year 1986, and the following is the list of awardees:</p> <table class="table_design" id=""><tbody><tr><th>Year</th> <th>Name of the Awardee</th> </tr><tr><td>2024</td> <td>Dr. Anupam Bhardwaj (IUCAA)</td> </tr><tr><td>2024</td> <td>Dr. Joe Philip Ninan (TIFR)</td> </tr><tr><td>2022</td> <td>Dr. Eve J. Lee (McGill University, Canada)</td> </tr><tr><td>2020</td> <td>Dr. Shriharsh Tendulkar (TIFR and NCRA)</td> </tr><tr><td>2018</td> <td>Not Awarded</td> </tr><tr><td>2016</td> <td>Dr. Varun Bhalerao, IIT, Bombay, India</td> </tr><tr><td>2014</td> <td>Dr. Nikku Madhusudan, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom</td> </tr><tr><td>2012</td> <td>Dr. Luca Cortese, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia</td> </tr><tr><td>2010</td> <td>Dr. Marta Burgay,Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Italy & Dr. Parampreet Singh, Louisiana State University, USA</td> </tr><tr><td>2008</td> <td>Dr. Nissim Kanekar, NCRA-TIFR, Pune, India & Dr. Niayesh Afshordi, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada</td> </tr><tr><td>2006</td> <td>Dr. Banibrata Mukhopadhyay, IISC, Bangalore</td> </tr><tr><td>2004</td> <td>Dr. R. Srianand, IUCAA, Pune, India & Dr. Ray Jayawardhana, Univ. Toronto, Canada</td> </tr><tr><td>2002</td> <td>Dr. Brian P. Schmidt, Australia</td> </tr><tr><td>2000</td> <td>Dr. Biswajit Paul, India & Dr. Alycia J. Weinberger, USA</td> </tr><tr><td>1998</td> <td>Dr. Peter Martinez, South Africa</td> </tr><tr><td>1996</td> <td>Dr. Sarbani Basu, USA</td> </tr><tr><td>1994</td> <td>Dr. Mathew Colless, Australia</td> </tr><tr><td>1992</td> <td>Dr. Pawan Kumar, USA</td> </tr><tr><td>1990</td> <td>Dr. D.J. Saikia, India & Dr. D. Bhattacharya, India</td> </tr><tr><td>1988</td> <td>Dr. G.P. Efstathiou, UK & Dr. Srinivas R. Kulkarni, USA</td> </tr><tr><td>1986</td> <td>Dr. Y. 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