Date:09/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/09/stories/2009010957130400.htm

New Delhi

G. D. Birla award for scientist

NEW DELHI: Prof. Raghavan Varadrajan of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has been chosen for the G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2008 for his work in the area of molecular biophysics.

The award, instituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation in 1991, is in recognition of high calibre research undertaken by an Indian scientist below the age of 50. It carries a cash prize of Rs.1.5 lakh.