The Hindu : Prize instituted for Third World scientists

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Tuesday, Oct 22, 2002

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Prize instituted for Third World scientists

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI OCT. 21. The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), an association of eminent scientists belonging to the developing countries, announced, on Sunday, the institution of a $one lakh international prize to be awarded to outstanding scientists from the developing world.

Describing it as an "alternative to the Nobel Prize", C.N.R. Rao, former Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister and presently president, TWAS, said the prize would be given only to scientists who belonged to the developing world and who worked there.

Addressing a press conference in connection with the eighth general conference of the Academy, which is being held here from October 19 to 23, he said it had also recently taken up a programme with funding from the Global Environmental Facility for studying the impact of climate change in developing countries. Under the programme, research institutions in these countries would be provided assistance for undertaking localised studies to assess the likely impact of climate changes because of the build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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