{"id":261259,"date":"2023-09-22T19:35:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T14:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=261259"},"modified":"2023-10-08T08:08:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T02:38:35","slug":"government-comes-out-with-a-new-set-of-national-awards-in-the-field-of-science-technology-and-innovation-known-as-rashtriya-vigyan-puraskar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/government-comes-out-with-a-new-set-of-national-awards-in-the-field-of-science-technology-and-innovation-known-as-rashtriya-vigyan-puraskar\/","title":{"rendered":"Government comes out with a new set of National Awards in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation known as \u201cRashtriya Vigyan Puraskar\u2019\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Government comes out with a new set of National Awards in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation known as \u201cRashtriya Vigyan Puraskar<\/b><b>\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 published in<\/span><b> PIB on 21st September 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government of India has come out with a new set of National Awards in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation known as \u201cRashtriya Vigyan Puraskar\u2019\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar Awards?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Objective: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To recognize the notable and inspiring contribution made by the scientists, technologists, and innovators individually or in teams in various fields of science, technology and technology\u00ad led innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Eligibility:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Scientists\/ technologists\/innovators working in government, private sector organizations or any individual working outside any organization, who have made distinguished contributions in terms of path-breaking research or innovation or discovery in any field of science, technology, or technology- led innovation shall be eligible for the awards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 People of Indian Origin staying abroad with exceptional contributions benefiting the Indian communities or society shall also be eligible for the awards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Categories:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The awards shall be given in following four categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2013 Vigyan Ratna(VR) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award will recognize lifetime achievements &amp; contributions made in any field of science and technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><b>Vigyan Shri (VS) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award will recognize distinguished contributions in any field of science and technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><b>Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (VY-SSB) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award will recognize &amp; encourage young scientists up to the age of 45 years who made an exceptional contribution in any field of science and technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><b>Vigyan Team (VT) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award to be given to a team of three or more scientists\/ researchers\/ innovators who have made an exceptional contribution working in a team in any field of science and technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Domains:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The awards shall be given in the 13 domains, namely Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Mathematics &amp; Computer Science, Earth Science, Medicine, Engineering Sciences, Agricultural Science, Environmental Science, Technology &amp; Innovation, Atomic Energy, Space Science and Technology, and Others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Committee: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All nominations received for the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar awards shall be placed before the <\/span><b>Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar Committee (RVPC) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to be headed by the <\/span><b>Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) t<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o Government of India and comprising Secretaries of Science Departments, members of Science and Engineering Academies and some distinguished scientists and technologists from different fields of science and technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Nominations and awards ceremony:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The nominations for the awards will be invited every year on <\/span><b>14<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> January<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which would remain open till <\/span><b>28<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> February (National Science Day) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">every year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 These awards shall be announced on <\/span><b>11<\/b><b>th <\/b><b>May (National Technology Day)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> every year.The Award Ceremony for all categories of awards will be held on <\/span><b>23<\/b><b>rd<\/b><b> August (National Space Day)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.All Awards will have a Sanad &amp; a medal.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cGovernment comes out with a new set of National Awards in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation known as \u201cRashtriya Vigyan Puraskar\u201d\u00a0 published in PIB on 21st September 2023 What is the News? The Government of India has come out with a new set of National&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/government-comes-out-with-a-new-set-of-national-awards-in-the-field-of-science-technology-and-innovation-known-as-rashtriya-vigyan-puraskar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Government comes out with a new set of National Awards in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation known as \u201cRashtriya Vigyan Puraskar\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,1738,9],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-261259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}