Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar was selected for the
23rd G D Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2013. It was
announced by the K K Birla Foundation on 21 March 2014. The award carries a
cash prize of 1.5 lakh rupees and a citation.
Gopakumar has been awarded for his important
contributions on topics in Quantum Field Theory and String Theory. At present
he is working as a theoretical physicist at Harish Chandra Research Institute,
Allahabad.
Gopakumar, 46 has won many other awards including
B M Birla Science prize in 2004 andThird World Academy of Sciences Award in
2013.
For 2012, G D Birla Award was given to Prof.
Nibir Mandal of Jadavpur University for his work in area of structural geology
The G D Birla award for scientific research was
instituted in 1991 to recognise significant scientific research undertaken by
Indian scientists below the age of 50, working in India.
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