Noted scientist Prof Gadadhar Mishra was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Excellence Award at a special function organised by the Odisha Vigyan Academy here on Friday.
Prof Mishra received award money of Rs 2 lakh, citation and a shawl from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Besides Prof Mishra, five other senior scientists, Prof Krushna Chandra Satpathy, Prof Amulya Kumar Panda, Prof Basudeb Kar, Prof Sarat Chandra Panda and Prof Nimain Charan Mohapatra were felicitated by the Chief Minister.
Similarly, Dr Ramesh Chandra Ray, Prof Bidyadhar Subuddhi and Dr Pradyumna Kumar Mishra were given Samanta Chandrasekhar Puraskar and Dr Alok Prasad Das, Dr Bikash Kumar Jena and Er Alok Tripahty were conferred with Odisha Yuva Scientist Awards. Archana Panigrahi,and Nirmal Kumari Mohapatra received Pranakrushna Parija lokapriya Bigyan Pustak Purashkar from the Chief Minister.
Odisha Vigyan Academy president Umacharan Mohanty and Higher Education, Science and Technical Education Minister Dr Prdeep Panigrahy were present.