INDIAN PHYSICS ASSOCIATION

(Founded in 1970)

R. D. BIRLA AWARD - 2006

The Indian Physics Association (IPA) invites nominations for R. D. Birla Award in Physics for the year 2006. Instituted in the year 1980, the award is given to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions in Physics. Previous recipients of this prestigious award are Prof. A. Salam, Prof. B. V. Sreekantan, Prof. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Prof. R. Ramanna, Prof. Govind Swarup, Prof. Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar, Dr. P. K. Iyengar, Dr. R. Chidambaram, Prof. G. S. Agarwal, Prof. J. V. Narlikar, Prof. Ashoke Sen, Prof. Bikash Sinha and Prof. P. K. Kaw.

THE AWARD CONSISTS OF A CITATION, A GOLD MEDAL

AND A CASH AMOUNT OF RS. 50,000/-.

GUIDELINES FOR NOMINATIONS

· The nominee should be an Indian citizen working in India.

· The nominee should have made significant overall contributions as a physicist.

· Nominations can be made by

i) Any Life Member of the Indian Physics Association

ii) Head/Chairman of a Physics Department of an Indian University

iii) Head of any recognized research institution in India

iv) Previous recipient of the Award

v) Self

· Nominations may be sent on plain paper or through email.

This announcement is available in our website www.tifr.res.in/~ipa

Prof. M. N. Vahia

General Secretary,

Indian Physics Association,

Room No. 216,

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education,

V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai - 400 088.

Phones : 25505138, 22782350 (O), 22804695 (R)

Fax : 2556 6803

e-mail : ipa@hbcse.tifr.res.in

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF NOMINATIONS: July 15, 2006.