Two research institutes based in Pune recently won the India research excellence award at an event in New Delhi for their years of contribution in the field of Science.

CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune was awarded with the Clarivate Analytics India Research Excellence Citation Award 2017 in the category of Natural Sciences.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune was also honoured for ‘Institutions Established within 15 years’.

The award to CSIR-NCL was presented to Darbha Srinivas, Chair, Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry. Rajagopala Chidambaram, principal scientific advisor, Government of India along with Dr Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, presented the honour to CSIR-NCL, Pune.

This is the 6th edition of the Research Excellence–Awards by Clarivate Analytics which has been presented by them with an objective to recognise and honour research excellence in the country.

Apart from CSIR- NCL and IISER, many other researchers and individuals from India received awards in various research areas.

These awards have been instituted by Clarivate Analytics, to identify the most influential researchers and institutions in the country based upon their path-breaking and pioneering research contribution in the field of science with respect to the country’s development.