Om Prakash Bhasin Award
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| Om Prakash Bhasin Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Research in science in India |
| Location | India |
| Presented by | Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation |
| First award | 1985 |
| Website | opbfawards.com |
Om Prakash Bhasin Award for Science and Technology is an Indian award, instituted in 1985 to recognize excellence in the areas of science and technology.[1] The award, given individually or collectively to a group, is annual in cycle and carries a plaque, a citation and a cash prize of ₹ 100,000.[1][2] The winners are invited to deliver the Om Prakash Bhasin Memorial Lecture at a venue decided by the award committee.[2]
Om Prakash Bhasin Awards have been instituted by Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation, a New Delhi-based charitable organization[1] founded by Vinod Bhasin, along with her two sons, Shivy Bhasin and Hemant Kumar Bhasin, to honour the memory of her husband, Om Prakash Bhasin, a non resident Indian businessman.[3] The corpus for the award of ₹ 5,100,000 was formed by Om Prakash Bhasin as a trust before his death.[3] The awards, started in 1985, are given in five categories. The selection is through a notified procedure and is decided by a committee appointed for the purpose.[1] The committee includes the Chairman of the foundation, two trustees representing the foundation, a member of the scientific community and a representative of the State Bank of India, the bankers to the foundation. The incumbent committee members are:[3]
- Shivy Bhasin - Chairman
- Hemant Kumar Bhasin - Foundation trustee
- Vinod Prakash Sharma - Scientist trustee
- Samar Vikram Bhasin - Foundation trustee
- State Bank of India nominee
