Vidita Vaidya, Rohini Pande Among 2022 Infosys Prize Winners
New Delhi: Suman Chakraborty, Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vidita Vaidya, Mahesh Kakde, Nissim Kanekar and Rohini Pande were the winners in six categories of the Infosys Prize 2022, which is handed out by the Infosys Science Foundation annually for “contributions to science and research impacting India”.
Suman Chakraborty was awarded the Infosys Prize 2022 in Engineering and Computer Science “for his pioneering work in elucidating the interaction of fluid mechanics, interfacial phenomena, and electromechanics at the micro- and nanoscale”. His efforts have helped to advance healthcare in resource-limited settings through the invention of novel low-cost medical devices for sensing, diagnostics and therapeutics. Chakraborty is professor of mechanical engineering, and dean of research and development at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Sudhir Krishnaswamy was awarded the Infosys Prize 2022 in Humanities “for his insightful understanding of the Indian constitution, especially his carefully argued account of the importance of the landmark ‘basic structure doctrine’ adopted by the Supreme Court in 1973 that guides and constrains various efforts to amend it, while also ensuring its stability in the face of executive and legislative outcomes in India’s political life”. He is vice chancellor of the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.