CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Scientists from IIT Delhi and DRDO gets ‘National Award for Young Women Showing Excellence through Application of Technology for Societal Benefits’ - GKToday.

Detailed explanation-2: -To reward young women scientists (below age 40) who have excelled in science and got recognition from any of the National Science Academies (given below) in India, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) has launched a scheme called “SERB Women Excellence Research Grant".

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Young Scientist Awards (YSA) recognises young researchers, aged 35 years and below, who are actively engaged in R&D in Singapore, and who have shown great potential to be world-class researchers in their fields of expertise.

Detailed explanation-5: -Science Day Oration Award-2022 was conferred on Shri Shashidhara, Sc ‘E’. He delivered a lecture on ‘Electrochemical Supercapacitor. Shri Shashidhara, Sc ‘E’ delivering a lecture on ‘Electrochemical Supercapacitor.