THE INFOSYS PRIZE – STATUTES, 2010

• The Infosys Prize in each of the five categories shall be awarded to a person who, in the opinion of the award jury, has made outstanding contributions – fundamental or applied – in any field of mathematical sciences, physical sciences, engineering and computer sciences, life sciences and social sciences. The Prize intends to recognize contributions of extraordinary depth and influence in these sciences.
• The Prize can be given for an outstanding invention or discovery or for a cumulative body of work.
• Preference will be given to recent work (over the last 5 – 10 years), to encourage active researchers conducting contemporary research.
• Self-nominations will not be accepted.
• Applications received in a particular year will be valid for a total of three years, including the year of submission. Nominators can update their nomination from one year to the next by reviewing their nomination online.
• Prize winners will be selected by the respective jury, and the decision of the jury shall be final.
• The trustees of the Infosys Science Foundation shall invite a person of repute in the relevant field to chair the jury for that particular category. The jury chair shall choose other jurors to complete the jury for that specific category. The tenure of the chair shall be three years, and each individual juror shall serve for one year.
• If the jury does not find suitable candidates, the Prize will not be awarded in that year.
• The Prize shall consist of a cash award of Rs. 50 lakh (Indian Rupees Fifty Lakh), a citation and a medallion. The prize money may be subject to taxes as imposed by the Government of India. If a team is selected to win the award, the prize money shall be equally shared by the team members and each individual member of the team shall be awarded a separate citation and medal.
• If the Prize is awarded to a group of individuals for shared work, the eligibility criteria of residence and age applicable to individual winners shall apply to each individual in the group.
• There will be a single winner in a category, in all categories. However, if the jury recommend, categories may have more than one winner, but cannot exceed two winners. In the event that the prize is to be shared by two winners, they must not be from the same sub category within the category. For instance, joint winners in Social Sciences cannot both be from Sociology or both from Anthropology and similarly for other categories.
• In cases where there are joint winners, the prize money will be equally shared by the two joint winners and each individual winner shall be awarded a separate citation and medal.
• The Prize will be awarded once a year.

Nominees should fit the following criteria:

• They should be Indian residents (Indian citizens and non-Indians who have been residing in India for at least three years at the time of nomination) who have done world-class work in India.
• They should be 50 years of age or less as on October 31, 2010. However, in exceptional cases, the jury may consider candidates up to the age of 55 on a discretionary basis.

In case no suitable candidate is found from among the nominations, then the Jury may nominate a candidate from the following groups of people, in the following order of preference:

• The candidate could be a Person of Indian Origin* (not necessarily born in India) who has done world-class work that has impacted India.
• The candidate could be of any nationality or origin, resident and working anywhere in the world, whose work has impacted India.

*For the purpose of this award, a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) is defined as follows: He/she or either of his/her parents or grand parents or great grand parents, was born in and permanently resident in India.

Please refer to the nomination section for the nomination form and process.