CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -INSA awards the Young Scientist Medal each year. The award is a prestigious and a very competitive award given to Indian scientists below the age of 35 and is considered to be ‘the highest recognition of promise, creativity and excellence in a young scientist’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dr. Kutubuddin Molla, Scientist, Crop Improvement Division, has won the prestigious INSA medal for Young Scientist. The Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi provides this coveted award to highly promising young scientists chosen through a nationwide stringent competition and selection.

Detailed explanation-3: -The INSA Young Scientists Award is considered to be the highest recognition of promise, creativity, and excellence in a young scientist and is made annually to those distinguished for these attributes as evidenced by their research work carried out in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -1) The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) introduced, in 1987, a scheme of Awards for Young Scientists in CSIR system in order to promote excellence in various fields of science and technology. These Awards are known as “CSIR Young Scientist Awards”.