Prof. S. K. Chatterjee Award for Outstanding Woman Researcher or Industry Leader

  • Description
  • Criteria for Selection

Prof. S. K. Chatterjee Award, instituted in the year 2010, is awarded annually to an outstanding woman researcher or industrial worker in any discipline of Science and Engineering, who is either (i) an alumna of IISc, or (ii) a present or past faculty member of IISc. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs. 40,000/- and a certificate.

  • Scientific and technological contributions
  • Innovations that have made impact on the industry and on national initiatives


Prof. S. K. Chatterjee Award for Outstanding Woman Researcher or Industry LeaderYear of award 
Prof. Bharathi Bhat, Vidya Vikas Institute of Engg. & and Tech, Mysore 2010 
Prof. Anjali A. Karnade, Dept. of Biochemistry, IISc. 2011 
Prof. Chanda J. Jog, Dept. of Physics, IISc. 2012 
Prof. Anju Chadha, IIT-Madras, Chennai2015 
Prof. Parbati Biswas, Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi 2016 
Dr. Suja Elizabeth, Dept. of Physics, IISc. 2016 
Dr. Tulika Mitra, School of Computing, National University of Singapore 2017 
Prof. Saswati Sarkar, University of Pennsylvania, USA 2018 
Dr. Suparna Bhattacharya, Hewlett Packard Labs, Bengaluru2019 
Prof. Dipshikha Chakravortty, Microbiology and Cell Biology, IISc 2020 
Prof. Manju Bansal
Retired Professor, MBU, IISc
INSA Honorary Scientist 		2021