H. K. Firodia Awards
H. K. Firodia Awards for excellence in science and technology are given annually by the H. K. Firodia Foundation. The awards were initiated in 1996 to recognize achievements by Indian scientists in any field of science. The awards are given at a ceremony in Pune.
There are two awards every year:
- Award I: The main award is presented to an individual in recognition of their lifetime achievements and contributions to the fields of science and technology.
- Award II: The second award is given to young and promising innovators, scientist and technologists.
List of awardees
Source:| Year | Name | Subject |
| 1996 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | Engineering & Space |
| 1996 | Vijay P. Bhatkar | Computer Science |
| 1997 | C. N. R. Rao | Chemistry |
| 1997 | Anil Kakodkar | Nuclear |
| 1998 | Rajagopala Chidambaram | Nuclear |
| 1998 | S. K. Sikka | Nuclear |
| 1999 | Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan | Engineering & Space |
| 1999 | Paul Ratnasamy | Chemistry |
| 1999 | Man Mohan Sharma | Chemistry |
| 2000 | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar | Engineering & Space |
| 2000 | D. D. Bhawalkar | Nuclear |
| 2001 | Govind Swarup | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| 2001 | Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal | Engineering & Space |
| 2002 | M. S. Valiathan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2002 | Ashok Jhunjhunwala | Computer Science |
| 2003 | Prakash Narain Tandon | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2003 | Padmanabhan Balaram | Chemistry |
| 2004 | Obaid Siddiqi | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2004 | T. S. Prahlad | Engineering & Space |
| 2005 | M. S. Swaminathan | Agriculture |
| 2005 | G. Madhavan Nair | Engineering & Space |
| 2005 | Ashoke Sen | Mathematics |
| 2006 | Jayant Narlikar | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| 2006 | Shivram Bhoje | Nuclear |
| 2007 | Madhav Gadgil | Ecology |
| 2007 | Samir K. Brahmachari | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2008 | Raghavendra Gadagkar | Ecology |
| 2008 | C. S. Seshadri | Mathematics |
| 2009 | Yash Pal | Physics |
| 2009 | Mylswamy Annadurai | Engineering & Space |
| 2010 | Goverdhan Mehta | Chemistry |
| 2010 | Ajay K. Sood | Physics |
| 2011 | Roddam Narasimha | Engineering & Space |
| 2011 | Manindra Agrawal | Mathematics |
| 2012 | T. V. Ramakrishnan | Physics |
| 2012 | K. Vijayraghavan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2013 | Dipankar Das Sarma | Nano Technology |
| 2013 | M. S. Narasimhan | Mathematics |
| 2014 | Maharaj Kishan Bhan | Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics |
| 2014 | Devang Khakar | Chemistry |
| 2015 | Baldev Raj | Nuclear |
| 2015 | Krishna N. Ganesh | Chemistry |
| 2016 | Sriram Ramaswamy | Physics |
| 2016 | Sanjeev Dhurandhar | Astrophysics |
| 2017 | A. S. Kiran Kumar | Aeronautics |
| 2017 | Ashutosh Sharma | Nanotechnology |
| 2018 | Sandip Trivedi | Theoretical physics |
| 2018 | Satyajit Mayor | Biology |
| 2019 | K. Sivan | Aerospace engineering |
| 2019 | Shekhar Mande | Structural and Computational Biology |