Each year, NMRS will give the Jharana Rani Samal Research Scholar Award to a research scholar based on the nominee’s academic achievements. From the year 2022, the title of the award has been modified from Jharana Rani Samal Best Student Award to NMRS-Jharana Rani Samal Research Scholar Award. In October 2024, the executive committee of NMRS framed guidelines of eligibility for this award, which are given below.
A student must be nominated for the above award by their research advisor, who is a member of NMRS.
The nominee must be a registered PhD candidate/scholar of any Indian university/research institute.
The publication should have full citations, such as the journal name, year, volume, and page numbers. Any other formats, such as “manuscript accepted,” “manuscript submitted,” “manuscript under preparation,” “manuscript under review,” “manuscript in press,” etc. will not be considered. Also, reviews, chapters in books, general articles etc. would not be considered for the award.
Nominations not fulfilling the above criteria will not be considered for the award.
The awardee will be invited to present the work at the next NMRS symposium.
Awardees
2025: Ms. Bijayalaxmi Patra, CBMR, Lucknow and Ms. Zainab Amin, IISER, Pune
2024: Ms. Neha Yadav, IISER, Berhampur
2023: Ms. Madhurima M Kulkarni, IISc, Bengaluru
2022: Mr. Muhammed Shafeek O.H, IISER, Thiruvananthapuram
2021: Ms. Dipita Bhattacharyya, Bose Institute, Kolkata
2020: No award
2019: Ms. Humaira Ilyas, Bose Institute, Kolkata
2018: Mr. Arnab Dey, IIT Madras, Chennai
2017: Ms. A. Lakshmipriya, IISc, Bengaluru
2016: Mr. Rajiv Kar, Bose Institute, Kolkata
2015: Mr. Abhinav Dubey, IISc, Bengaluru
2014: Mr. N. Lokesh, IISc, Bengaluru
2013: Mr. Sachin R Chaudhari, IISc, Bengaluru