Kalinga Prize – list of UNESCO Kalinga Prize winners, The UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science in an international distinction created by UNESCO in 1952 following a donation from Mr. Bijoyanand Patnaik, Founder and President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India.
The UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science in an international distinction created by UNESCO in 1952 following a donation from Mr. Bijoyanand Patnaik, Founder and President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India.
List of Kalinga Prize Laureates
Year |
Name |
Country |
1952 |
Louis de Broglie | France |
1953 |
Julian Huxley | United Kingdom |
1954 |
Waldemar Kaempffert | USA |
1955 |
Augusto Pi Suner | Venezuela |
1956 |
George Gamow | USA |
1957 |
Bertrand Russel | United Kingdom |
1958 |
Karl von Frisch | F. R. Germany |
1959 |
Jean Rostand | France |
1960 |
Ritchie Calder | United Kingdom |
1961 |
Arthur C. Clarke | United Kingdom |
1962 |
Gerald Piel | USA |
1963 |
Jagjit Singh | India |
1964 |
Warren Weaver | USA |
1965 |
Eugene Rabinovitch | USA |
1966 |
Paul Couderc | France |
1967 |
Fred Hoyle | United Kingdom |
1968 |
Gavin de Beer | United Kingdom |
1969 |
Konrad Lorenz | Austria |
1970 |
Margaret Mead | USA |
1971 |
Pierre Augier | France |
1972 |
Philip H. Abelson | USA |
Nigel Calder | United Kingdom | |
1973 |
Not awarded | |
1974 |
José Reis | Brazil |
Louis Estrada | Mexico | |
1975 |
Not awarded | |
1976 |
George Porter | United Kingdom |
Alexander Oparin | USSR | |
1977 |
Fernand Seguin | Canada |
1978 |
Hoimar von Ditfurth | F.R. Germany |
1979 |
Sergei Kapitza | USSR |
1980 |
Aristide Bastidas | Venezuela |
1981 |
David F. Attenborough | United Kingdom |
Dennis Flanagan | USA | |
1982 |
Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa | Brazil |
1983 |
Abdullah Al Muti Sharafuddin | Bangladesh |
1984 |
Yves Coppens | France |
Igor Petryanov | USSR | |
1985 |
Sir Peter Medawar | United Kingdom |
1986 |
Nicolai G. Basov | USSR |
David Suzuki | Canada | |
1987 |
Marcel Roche | Venezuela |
1988 |
Björn Kurtén | Finland |
1989 |
Saad Ahmed Shabaan | A. R. of Egypt |
1990 |
Misbah-Ud-Din Shami | Pakistan |
1991 |
Radu Iftimovici | Romania |
Narender K. Sehgal | India | |
1992 |
Jorge Flores Valdés | Mexico |
Peter Okebukola | Nigeria | |
1993 |
Piero Angela | Italy |
1994 |
Nikolai N. Drozdov | Russia |
1995 |
Julieta Fierro Gossman | Mexico |
1996 |
Jirí Grygar | Czech Rep. |
Jayant V. Narlikar | India | |
1997 |
Dorairajan Balasubramanian | India |
1998 |
Regina Paz Lopez | Philippines |
Ennio Candotti | Brazil | |
1999 |
Marian Addy | Ghana |
Emil Gabrielian | Armenia | |
2000 |
Ernst W. Hamburger | Brazil |
2001 |
Stefano Fantoni | Italy |
2002 |
Marisela Salvatierra | Venezuela |
2003 |
Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy | Pakistan |
2004 |
Jean Audouze | France |
2005 |
Jeter Jorge Bertoletti | Brazil |
2006 |
Could Not be Awarded | |
2007 |
Could Not be Awarded | |
2008 |
Could Not be Awarded | |
2009 |
Prof. Yash Pal | India |
Trinh Xuan Thuan | Vietnam | |
2011 |
Rane Raul Drucker-Colin | Mexico |
2013 |
Prof. Xiangyi Li | China |
2015 |
Diego Andrés Golombek | Argentina |
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