Question: Ghanshyam Das Birla award for the year 2015 was announced to be awarded to-
(a) Sanjeev Galande
(b) Sanjay Mittal
(c) Rajesh Gopakumar
(d) Subhasis Chaudhuri
Ans. (b)
Related facts:
- On 24 June 2016 K. K. Birla Foundation announced the 25th G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2015.
- It has been awarded to Prof. Sanjay Mittal from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
- He was awarded for his significant contributions in the area of Bluff Body Flows — flows past blunt bodies associated with large unsteady separation and leading to large fluid forces.
- He played significant role in establishing the High Performance Computing (HPC) facility at IIT Kanpur and heads the National Wind Tunnel Facility.
- The award is given to an outstanding scientific research, mostly during the past 5 years, undertaken by an Indian scientist, who is below the age of 50, living and working in India.
- The award instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation in honour of the Indian philanthropist Ghanshyam Das Birla.
- In year 2014 the 24th G. D. Birla Award was given to Prof. Sanjeev Galande.
Reference:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gd-birla-award-for-iitkanpur-professor/article8765412.ece
http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-newspaper/iit-prof-gets-25th-gd-birla-award-for-scientific-research/story-0l34Xef9p0t30ePliCcNQN.html