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{{Infobox film award
| name = National Film Award for Best Scientific Film
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| subheader = National award for contributions to short film
| awarded_for =
| sponsor = [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]
| firstawarded = 1984
| lastawarded = 2013
| reward = {{ubl|Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)|{{INRConvert|50|k}}}}
| former name = Best Scientific Film (including Environment and Ecology) (1984–90)
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = ''The Pad Piper''
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 21
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = ''Aranya Aamar''
}}
The '''National Film Award for Best Scientific Film''' is one of the [[National Film Awards]] presented annually by the [[Directorate of Film Festivals]], the organisation set up by [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India]]. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1984, at [[32nd National Film Awards]] and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

== Winners ==

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"| Awards legends
|-
| style="width:20px;"| {{center|{{dagger}}}}
| {{small|Awarded as Best Scientific Film / Best Environment / Conservation / Preservation Film}}
|-
| style="background-color:#EBEBE0;width:20px;"| {{center|*}}
| {{small|Indicates a joint award for that year}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"
! colspan="7" | List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Film(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Producer(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;" class="unsortable"| Citation
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}
|-
| align="center" | [[32nd National Film Awards|1984 {{small|(32nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Aranya Aamar''
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| West Bengal Ministry of Forest
| [[Tarun Majumdar]]
| {{dash}}
| align="center" |
|-<ref name="32ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[33rd National Film Awards|1985 {{small|(33rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Power to the People''
| English
| B. N. Mehra
| K. Balakrishnan Nair
| {{hidden||''For its convincing portrayal of the importance of a people's movement for scientific attitude towards social change.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="33rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/33nfa.pdf|title=33rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[34th National Film Awards|1986 {{small|(34th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Kaamdhenu Redeemed''
| English
| {{•}}Radha Narayanan {{•}}Mohi-Ud-Din Mirza
| Mohi-Ud-Din Mirza
| {{hidden||''For its very effective use of cinematographic medium for covering modern scientific methods of cattle breeding.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="34thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/34th_NFF.pdf|title=34th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[35th National Film Awards|1987 {{small|(35th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''A Cooperative for Snake Catchers''
| English
| Eco Media Pvt Ltd
| {{•}}[[Romulus Whitaker]] {{•}}Shekar Dattatri
| {{hidden||''For informative portrayal of concepts such as the use of traditional skills and knowledge existing in a tribal society for the common good, indirectly spreading a scientific temper all around.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="35thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/35th_nff_1988.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[36th National Film Awards|1988 {{small|(36th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Reconstructive Surgery Leprosy (Hand)''
| English
| Jal Mehta
| Anil Revankar
| {{hidden||''For its meticulous and credible account of the reconstructive surgery on disfigured and disabled hands, evoking confidence in the scientific method and in indigenous endeavour.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="36thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[37th National Film Awards|1989 {{small|(37th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Neuropathic Foot in Leprosy''
| English
| Jal Mehta
| Vishram Revankar
| {{hidden||''For a well made specialised film effectively communicating the course of treatment in a serious disease.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="37thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|title=37th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[38th National Film Awards|1990 {{small|(38th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Biotechnology: Some Possibilities''
| English
| Gul Bahar Singh for [[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
| Nishith Banerjee
| {{hidden||''For trading through new horizons of the futuristic, yet scientifically realisable possibilities at the threshold of a new era, with technical finesse.''}}
| align="center" | <ref name="38thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/38th_nff_1991.pdf|title=38th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[39th National Film Awards|1991 {{small|(39th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Silent Valley: An Indian Rain forest''
| English
| Eco Media Pvt Ltd
| {{•}}Shekar Dattatri {{•}}Revati Mukherjee
| {{hidden||''For its painstaking and inspiring presentation of the ecological heritage and the threat to the environment.''}}
| align="center" | <ref name="39thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/39nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=39th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 February 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[40th National Film Awards|1992 {{small|(40th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Chunauti''
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| D. G. Information and Public Relations, [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| Dinkar Chowdhary
| {{hidden||''For its daring presentation in a befitting manner of the most dangerous disease of present times – AIDS.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="40thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[41st National Film Awards|1993 {{small|(41st)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[42nd National Film Awards|1994 {{small|(42nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Another Way of Learning''
| English
| Comet Media Foundation
| Chandita Mukherjee
| {{hidden||''For being at once precise and warm in its approach to teaching processes.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="42ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=5 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[43rd National Film Awards|1995 {{small|(43rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''A Celestial Tryst (N. M. No. 291)''
| English
| Y. N. Engineer for Films Division
| Y. N. Engineer for Films Division
| {{hidden||''For presenting the total solar eclipse in all its captivating beauty, while providing relevant scientific information.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="43rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[44th National Film Awards|1996 {{small|(44th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="44thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[45th National Film Awards|1997 {{small|(45th)}}]]
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''Ayurveda''
| English
| D. Gautaman for Films Division
| Bhanumurthy Alur
| {{hidden||''For an effective depiction of our ancient ayurvedic transition, and its reabsorption into mainstream medicine.''}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" |<ref name="45thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/45th_NFA.pdf|title=45th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''Cancer''
| [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| Bhanumurthy Alur for Films Division
| C. K. M. Rao
| {{hidden||''The film shatters many outdated beliefs about cancer and gives useful information about its prophylactic and curative treatment.''}}
|-
| align="center" | [[46th National Film Awards|1998 {{small|(46th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="46thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=12 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[47th National Film Awards|1999 {{small|(47th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[48th National Film Awards|2000 {{small|(48th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Vedic Mathematics''
| English
| Bhanumurthy Alur for Films Division
| K. Jagjivan Ram for Films Division
| {{hidden||''For presenting a scientific method of Mathematical calculations, existing in the Vedas and relating the relevance of this knowledge to the present times.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="48thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/48th_nff_2001.pdf|title=48th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[49th National Film Awards|2001 {{small|(49th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="49thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/49th_nff_2002.pdf|title=49th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[50th National Film Awards|2002 {{small|(50th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="50thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/50nfa.pdf|title=50th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[51st National Film Awards|2003 {{small|(51st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''The 18 Elephant: Three Monologues''{{dagger}}
| [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| Savithri Divakaran
| P. Balan
| {{hidden||''For using the novel method of elephants narrating their own story (in human voice) to raise a cry against "man centric" concept of development. The film also succeeds in raising bigger issues of ecological balance, and cruelty to animals.''}}
| align="center" | <ref name="51stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf|title=51st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=15 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[52nd National Film Awards|2004 {{small|(52nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Timeless Traveller-The Horseshoe Crab''{{dagger}}
| English
| [[Riverbank Studios]]
| Gautam Pandey
| {{hidden||''For venturing to explore the most enigmatic creature, very scientific and analytic manner effectively urging mankind to conserve this unique species.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="52ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[53rd National Film Awards|2005 {{small|(53rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Under This Sun''{{dagger}}
| Bengali
| Nilanjan Bhattacharya
| Nilanjan Bhattacharya
| {{hidden||''For a thought provoking film on environmental diversity with excellent Cinematography, Music, Editing and Sound Design.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="53rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[54th National Film Awards|2006 {{small|(54th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Kalpavriksha: Legacy Of Forests''{{dagger}}
| English
| [[Mike Pandey]]
| Nina Subramani
| {{hidden||''For bringing out the symbiotic relationship between forests and human life and underlining the need for conserving the rich bio diversity still existing in our remaining forests.''}}
| align="center" | <ref name="54thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[55th National Film Awards|2007 {{small|(55th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="55thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[56th National Film Awards|2008 {{small|(56th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Trip''
| English
| [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII]]
| Emmanuel Palo
| {{hidden||''For the film with a simple, almost lighthearted, treatment evolves into a powerful message of conservation. Using an unconventional music track and animation, the film jolts the viewer to relook at waste and pollution.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="56thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/56th_nff_2008.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[57th National Film Awards|2009 {{small|(57th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="57thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[58th National Film Awards|2010 {{small|(58th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Heart to Heart''
| Manipuri and English
| Rotary Club of Imphal
| Bachaspatimayum Sunzu
| {{hidden||''For a very well constructed reality with an engaging dramatic sensibility, that depicts the grimness of natural health maladies. It guides the viewer through emotions and playful spirit of the child. With the help of medical science, it enlightens the viewer with awareness of Congenital Heart Defect and its promising treatment.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="58thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/58_NFA.pdf|title=58th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[59th National Film Awards|2011 {{small|(59th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="59thaward">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|title=59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=7 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[60th National Film Awards|2012 {{small|(60th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="60thaward">{{cite press_release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=17 April 2014}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[61st National Film Awards|2013 {{small|(61st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''The Pad Piper''
| English
| Akanksha Sood Singh
| Akanksha Sood Singh
| {{hidden||''For its portrayal of a sensitive man with a profound belief in appropriate technology who came up with a simple piece of engineering – an affordable sanitary napkin that has had an extraordinary impact on the health of millions of poor women.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="61staward">{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=16 April 2014|access-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[62nd National Film Awards|2014 {{small|(62nd)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="62ndaward">{{cite press_release|title=62nd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[63rd National Film Awards|2015 {{small|(63rd)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" | <ref name="63rdaward">{{cite press_release|title=63rd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=28 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[64th National Film Awards|2016 {{small|(64th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" | <ref name="64thaward">{{cite press_release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[66th National Film Awards|2018 {{small|(66th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''G D Naidu The Edison Of India''
| English
| [[Films Division of India]]
| K. Ranjith Kumar
|
|-
| align="center" | [[65th National Film Awards|2017 {{small|(65th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]
* [http://dff.nic.in/NFA_archive.asp National Film Awards Archives]

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