Infosys Science Foundation announces Winners of the Infosys Prize 2015
This year’s winners are an eclectic mix of people – an ex-army officer, a monk and a philosopher among others, whose work spans fields as diverse as analytical Indian Philosophy, the atomic structure of the killer malaria parasite and India’s foreign and security policies.
The prize for each category consists of a purse of Rs. 65 Lakhs, a 22 karat gold medallion and a citation certificate.
The winners of the Infosys Prize 2015 were evaluated by a panel of jurors comprising of esteemed scientists and professors from around the world.
The jury chairs of the six categories are: Pradeep K. Khosla (University of California San Diego) for Engineering and Computer Science; Amartya Sen (Harvard University) for Humanities; Inder Verma (Salk Institute of Biological Sciences) for Life Sciences; Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan (New York University) for Mathematical Sciences; Shrinivas Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology) for Physical Sciences; and Kaushik Basu (The World Bank) for Social Sciences.
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