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| {{Infobox award
| | #REDIRECT [[H. K. Firodia Awards]] |
| | name = HK Firodia Award
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| | subheader = Award for individual contributions to [[Science]] and [[Technology]]
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| | sponsor = [[HK Firodia Foundation]]
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| | firstawarded = 1996
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| | lastawarded = 2014
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| | reward = Rs 2.00 L & Rs 1.00L
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| | holder_label = Most recent winner
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| | award1_type = Total awarded
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| | award1_winner = 40
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| | website = {{Url|http://hkfmindq.org/index.html}}
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| '''H K Firodia awards''' for excellence in Science & Technology are given annually by the [[H K Firodia]] foundation. The awards were initiated in 1996 to recognize achievements by Indian scientists in any field of science, and aim to promote a scientific spirit among young Indians.
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| The awards are given at a ceremony in [[Pune]], at hands of eminent chief guests such as [[Kapil Sibal]], [[Mukesh Ambani]], [[Verghese Kurien]].
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| There are 2 awards every year:
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| *Award I: The main award is given to a person in recognition of his lifetime achievement and for his original contribution to the field of science & technology
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| *Award II: The second award is given to young and promising innovators, scientist and technologists who are also original contributors
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| The awards are given to any Indian citizen who has made original and outstanding contribution and done world class work in the field of science & technology and distinguished himself; the excellence may relate to any field of scientific endeavour from agriculture, engineering and medical sciences to space and environmental sciences.
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| ==List of Awardees==
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| Source: [http://hkfirodiaawards.org/awards_2.html H K Firodia Foundation]
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| {| class="wikitable sortable" border="0" width="100%"
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| ! Year
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| ! Subject
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| |rowspan ="2"|1996 || [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] || Engineering & Space
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| |[[Vijay P. Bhatkar]] || Computer Science
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| |rowspan ="2"|1997 || [[C. N. R. Rao]] || Chemistry
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| | [[Anil Kakodkar]] || Nuclear
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| |rowspan ="2"|1998 || [[Rajagopala Chidambaram]] || Nuclear
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| |[[S. K. Sikka]] || Nuclear
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| |rowspan ="3"| 1999 || [[Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan]] || Engineering & Space
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| | [[Paul Ratnasamy]] || Chemistry
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| | [[Man Mohan Sharma]] || Chemistry
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| |rowspan ="2"|2000 || [[Raghunath Anant Mashelkar]] || Engineering & Space
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| | [[D. D. Bhawalkar]] || Nuclear
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| |rowspan ="2"|2001 || [[Govind Swarup]] || Astronomy & Astrophysics
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| |[[Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal]] || Engineering & Space
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| |rowspan = "2"|2002 || [[M. S. Valiathan]] || Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
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| |[[Ashok Jhunjhunwala]] || Computer Science
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| |rowspan = "2"|2003 || [[Prakash Narain Tandon]] || Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
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| | [[Padmanabhan Balaram]] || Chemistry
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| |rowspan ="2"|2004 || [[Obaid Siddiqi]] || Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
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| |[[T. S. Prahlad]] || Engineering & Space
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| |rowspan ="3"|2005 || [[M. S. Swaminathan]] || Agriculture
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| |[[G. Madhavan Nair]] || Engineering & Space
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| |[[Ashoke Sen]] || Mathematics
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| |rowspan ="2"|2006 || [[Jayant Narlikar]] || Astronomy & Astrophysics
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| |[[Shivram Bhoje]] || Nuclear
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| |rowspan ="2"|2007 || [[Madhav Gadgil]] || Ecology
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| |[[Samir K. Brahmachari]] || Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
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| |rowspan ="2"|2008 || [[Raghavendra Gadagkar]] || Ecology
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| | [[C. S. Seshadri]] || Mathematics
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| |rowspan ="2"|2009 || [[Yash Pal]] || Physics
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| | [[Mylswamy Annadurai]] || Engineering & Space
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| |rowspan ="2"|2010 || [[Goverdhan Mehta]] || Chemistry
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| | [[Ajay K. Sood]] || Physics
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| |rowspan = "2"|2011 || [[Roddam Narasimha]] || Engineering & Space
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| | [[Manindra Agrawal]] || Mathematics
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| |rowspan ="2"|2012 || [[T. V. Ramakrishnan]] || Physics
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| | [[K. VijayRaghavan]] || Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
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| |rowspan ="2"|2013 || [[Dipankar Das Sarma]] || Nano Technology
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| |[[M. S. Narasimhan]] || Mathematics
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| |rowspan ="2"|2014 || [[Maharaj Kishan Bhan]] || Life Sciences, Medicine & Genomics
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| |[[Devang Vipin Khakhar|Devang Khakar]] || Chemistry
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| |rowspan = "2"|2015
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| |[[Baldev Raj]]
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| |Nuclear
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| |[[Krishna N. Ganesh]]
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| |Chemistry
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| |rowspan="2"|2016
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| |[[Sriram Ramaswamy]]
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| |Physics
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| |[[Sanjeev Dhurandhar]]
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| |Astrophysics
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| |rowspan="2"|2017<ref name="HKF2017" />
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| |[[A S Kiran Kumar]]<ref name= HKF2017>{{cite web|url=http://hkfirodiaawards.org/current.html|title=H. K. Firodia Awards 2017|publisher=H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref>
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| |Aeronautics
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| |[[Ashutosh Sharma (scientist)|Ashutosh Sharma]]
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| |Nanotechnology
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| | rowspan="2" |2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/scientists-honoured-with-hk-firodia-awards-in-pune/story-OwH2AxolxVBOVXX88hBbjL.html|title=Scientists honoured with HK Firodia awards in Pune|date=2019-02-02|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-08-18}}</ref>
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| |[[Sandip Trivedi]]
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| |Theoretical physics
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| |[[Satyajit Mayor]]
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| |Biology
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| == See also ==
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| * [[List of general science and technology awards]]
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| == Notes ==
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| == External links ==
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| * {{cite web | url=http://hkfmindq.org/index.html | title=H. K. Firodia Foundation - Official website | publisher=H. K. Firodia Foundation | date=2015 | accessdate=October 31, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117165048/http://hkfmindq.org/index.html | archive-date=November 17, 2015 | url-status=dead }}
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| [[Category:Indian science and technology awards]]
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| [[Category:Awards established in 1996]]
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| [[Category:1996 establishments in India]]
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