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The Centre announced the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP) — its Padma-style nationalist awards for technological accomplishment — with 24 idiosyncratic awards and 1 squad award, connected Saturday (October 25, 2025). Eminent physicist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, who passed successful May this year, was announced the recipient of the Vigyan Ratna, an grant for beingness contribution.
This year, 8 scientists were selected for the Vigyan Shri awards: Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Yusuf Mohammed Shaikh, K. Thangaraj, Pradeep Thapalil, Aniruddha Balchandra Pandit, Venkata Mohan, Mahan Mj and Jayan N.
Recipients for the Vigyan Yuva awards: Jagadis Gupta Kapuganti, Satendra Kumar Mangrauthia, Debarka Sengupta, Deepa Agashe, Dibyendu Das, Waliur Rahman, Arkaprava Basu, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Shweta Prem Agrawal, Suresh Kumar, Amit Kumar Agrawal, Surhud Shrikant More, Ankur Garg and Mohansankar Sivaprakasam.
The Vigyan Team grant went to the CSIR Aroma Mission.
Last August, up of National Space Day 2024, the inaugural RVP ceremonial was held astatine Rashtrapati Bhavan, with President Droupadi Murmu presenting the awards to 33 scientists. This year, the announcement had been delayed for astir 2 months. Last year, determination were allegations that the grant enactment process was not just and speculation that those scientists, captious of authorities policies, had been ousted astatine the past minute. An autarkic committee — the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar Committee, steered by the Principal Scientific Adviser — decides connected grant recipients and makes a proposal to the Minister of Science and Technology. It is unclear if the Minister has a veto connected the committee’s recommendation.
The Vigyan Ratna aims to recognise beingness achievements and contributions made successful immoderate tract of subject and technology. Vigyan Shri is awarded for distinguished contributions successful immoderate tract of subject and technology. Vigyan Yuva grant is for young scientists nether the property of 45 years to recognise exceptional contributions successful immoderate tract of subject and technology. Vigyan Team grant volition beryllium fixed each twelvemonth to a team, comprising 3 oregon much scientists, researchers oregon innovators.
