{"id":125477,"date":"2022-11-17T13:19:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T07:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=125477"},"modified":"2022-11-17T13:19:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T07:49:04","slug":"infosys-science-foundation-announced-infosys-prize-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/infosys-science-foundation-announced-infosys-prize-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Infosys Science Foundation announced Infosys Prize 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Infosys Science Foundation announced Infosys Prize 2022: <\/strong>The\u00a0Infosys\u00a0Science Foundation (ISF) on Tuesday announced the winners of the\u00a0Infosys\u00a0Prize 2022 in six categories. These categories include Engineering and Computer Science, Humanities, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences. The prize for each category comprises a gold medal, a citation, and a prize purse of $100,000 (or its equivalent in rupees).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-november-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award conferred for their&nbsp;contributions to science and research impacting India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Infosys Prize 2022 in Life Sciences was awarded to Vidita Vaidya, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, for her contributions to understanding brain mechanisms that underlie mood disorders such as anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Engineering &amp; CS:&nbsp;Suman Chakraborty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Humanities:&nbsp;Sudhir Krishnaswamy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Life Sciences:Vidita Vaidya<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mathematical Sciences:&nbsp;Mahesh Kakde<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical Sciences:&nbsp;&nbsp;Nissim Kanekar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Sciences:&nbsp;Rohini Pande<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prize: Gold medal, a citation, and a prize purse of $100,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infosys Science Foundation announced Infosys Prize 2022: The\u00a0Infosys\u00a0Science Foundation (ISF) on Tuesday announced the winners of the\u00a0Infosys\u00a0Prize 2022 in six categories. 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