Three scientists from the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) in Pune, Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni, Dattatraya Dethe and Rahul Banerjee, have been selected for the Young Scientist Award 2011, instituted by the Council for Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR).
The award carries a cash prize and a citation and will be presented to them on September 26, CSIR Foundation Day, in New Delhi.
A Subba Rao, Director and his associate K Sammi Reddy, Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, jointly conferred prestigious 'Hari Om Ashram Trust Award 2008-09'.
They received a cash award of `1,00,000 and a citation from Union Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar on July 16, 2011 at New Delhi.
Addressing a longstanding demand of residents of plotted areas, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday announced that the draft guidelines for floor-wise sanction and regularisation of building plans in residential areas have been posted online.
The civic agency has sought comments from public regarding the guidelines and has given 30 days time to submit their suggestions.
Vijayan summarizes the problems faced with respect to funding of research. He suggests how grant system could be improved to achieve better quality in research. The manner in which grant
applications are handled and funds are released is only one dimension (albeit a major one); there are other aspects to the
problem. (Correspondence)
Setting a precedent, the tiny island of Lakshadweep is all set to become the first town in the country to install nearly 12,000 ecofriendly toilets in its buildings
