Infosys Prize

Infosys Prize Lecture Series
Dr. Prachi Deshpande

Microhistories of Multilinguality:

A Household Archive from northern Karnataka

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Infosys Prize Lecture Series

Making Roads Safer by Making Drivers Better

Prof. Hari Balakrishnan

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Congratulations to Infosys Prize 2020 Laureates

Infosys Prize 2020 Winners Felicitated in a Virtual Ceremony

Infosys Science Foundation announced the winners of the Infosys Prize 2020 on December 2, in a virtual ceremony. The prize consists of a pure gold medal, a citation and a purse of USD 100,000 and is awarded for stellar contributions in six fields: Engineering and Computer Science, Humanities, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences. Among the winners this year are: an economist who is finding solutions for economic inequality in the world, a computer scientist who is making our roads safer, and a biologist who has helped us comprehend how proteins, the fundamental building blocks of life, are made. The winners were felicitated by mathematician and Abel Prize winner Prof. Srinivasa Varadhan, in the presence of the trustees of the Infosys Science Foundation.

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INFOSYS PRIZE 2020 LAUREATES

Hari Balakrishnan

Engineering and Computer Science

Prachi Deshpande

Humanities

Rajan Sankaranarayanan

Life Sciences

Sourav Chatterjee

Mathematical Sciences

Arindam Ghosh

Physical Sciences

Raj Chetty

Social Sciences

Infosys Prize 2020 Press Conference

The awards ceremony of the Infosys Prize 2020 took place virtually on 2nd December 2020. Before the event, the trustees of the Infosys Science Foundation, along with several laureates and jury members were present at a virtual press conference.

Srinivasa Varadhan – a mathematician par excellence

The Infosys Prize 2020 laureates felicitated by the chief guest, Prof. S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan - Abel Prize winner and Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA.

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