Question: CSIR-CDRI felicitates young researchers with CDRI Award for their outstanding contribution in drug discovery and development. Who is the winner of CDRI Award 2020?
(a) Dr Bushra Ateeq
(b) DrSurajitGhosh
(c) DrRaviManjithaya
(d) all above
Answer- d
Related facts
- The CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow yesterday(29 September 2020) felicitated young researchers with CDRI Award for their outstanding contribution in drug discovery and development, at a virtual event.
- Dr Bushra Ateeq, Dr Surajit Ghosh and Dr Ravi Manjithaya received the prestigious CDRI Award 2020.
- These scientists have made outstanding contribution in unfolding the knot of Cancer.
- CDRI Awards were instituted in the year 2004 to promote scientific excellence in the country and to recognize outstanding contribution in the area of Drug Research and Development.
- These prestigious awards are given annually to the Indian Nationals below 45 years of age who have carried out outstanding research work in the area having direct bearing on Drug Research and Development.
- There are two separate individual awards in the area of Chemical Sciences and Life Sciences. Each award carries a Cash prize of Rs. 20,000/- and a citation.
- One of the CDRI awardee Dr Bushra Ateeq also got this year’s Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in medical sciences.
- Dr BushraAteeq’s quest for new therapeutic avenues for prostate cancer bagged her CDRI Award-2020
- Dr Surajit Ghosh’s contribution in Discovery of Nuclear Localizing Cell Penetrating Peptide (CPP) for anticancer drug paved the way for his CDRI award 2020
- Dr Ravi Manjithaya’s outstanding work on Chemical genetics-based identification of autophagy-modulating small molecules which provides mechanistic insights and therapeutic potential, paved the way for his CDRI award 2020
By — Pankaj Pandey.
Link:
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1660343