Academy News
Proc Indian Natn Sci Acad 85 No. 4 December 2019 pp. 1067-1090 Printed in India. ACADEMY NEWS INSA MEETINGS to Professor Tarun Kant, FNA, Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering, Several meetings were held during April 08-10, 2019 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, in the Academy premises. Mumbai. These included meetings of the different Sectional 4. Professor K Naha Memorial Medal to Committees for recommending names of Young Professor SS Rai, FNA, Professor Emeritus, Scientist Awardees and for the first round of short- Department of Earth and Climate Science, listing of nominations for INSA Fellowship. The Indian Institute of Science Education & Advisory Boards for the various INSA Awards also Research (IISER), Pune. met. These were followed by meetings of the Council and General Body. (C) Endowment Lectures INSA Medal/Lecture Awards 2019 5. Professor Darshan Ranganathan Memorial Lecture to Professor Gaiti Hasan, FNA, The Academy at its General Body Meeting on April National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata 10, 2019 announced the following six medal/lecture Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru. Awards for 2019. In addition, a new endowment award named International Award Professor TV Desikachary Memorial Medal was also 1. PMS Blackett Memorial Lecture to Sir Tom instituted. The Medal will be awarded to an eminent L Blundell, FNA, Emeritus Professor and scientist for his outstanding contributions in any area Director of Research, Department of of Biological Sciences. The award carries an Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, honorarium of Rs. 25,000/, a bronze medal and a Cambridge. citation. The first medal will be awarded in 2020.
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