Bringing laurels to Odisha, Dr Jyotirmayee Dash from Jagatsinghpur district has won the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for the year 2020 in the field of Chemical Sciences.
She is the first woman from Odisha to win the prize. Dash’s team works on new methodologies for synthesis of diverse molecules that can be used to study structure and function of therapeutic targets.
She will receive the award comprising Rs 5 lakh from Prime Minister Modi at a ceremony by the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).
After pursuing MSc in Chemistry at the Ravenshaw University, Dash received her PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from the IIT Kanpur. She is currently associated with the School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.
Dash said the prize would inspire her for further research in the field.Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik have congratulated Dash for her achievement.