IIT Madras Faculty was accorded this honour in recognition of his pioneering work in nanotechnology-based water purification. It must also be remembered that Professor Pradeep is also a Padma Shree awardee.

IIT Madras Faculty 2020

IIT Madras Faculty 2020

Nikkei Asia Prizes are conferred on individuals who have contributed to the region’s sustainable development and to the creation of a better future in Asia.

They are awarded annually in three areas – Economic and Business Innovation, Science and Technology and Culture and Community.

Praising IIT Madras Faculty, IIT Madras Director Bhaskar Ramamurthi said Professor Pradeep has brought laurels to himself, his research team, the Institute and the country.

Apart from the excellent scientific research pursued by the group led by him, Professor Pradeep is making a huge contribution in the very critical area of clean water.

The Institute is proud of the excellent work done by him and his team, said Ramamurthi. Thanking the Institute for nominating him, Professor T. Pradeep said his work is because of the intense devotion of his students.

The environment we have at IIT Madras, my funding agencies and my country. It has been my dream to do something for my country, he said.

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The prize includes a cash component of 3 Million Yen and an award certificate and is scheduled to be awarded in Tokyo later this year. First presented in 1996, Nikkei Asia Prizes has entered its 25th edition.

In the past, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Professor C.N.R. Rao, Ms. Kiran Majumdar-Shaw, Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Mr. Nandan Nilekani and Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak were those to received this award in the past.

IIT Madras Faculty 2020 – IIT Madras Faculty has now joined the list of eminent personalities to win the prestigious award. Professor Pradeep and his team have developed affordable and safe drinking water solutions using nanomaterials, from bench scale science to commercial products, creating knowledge, technology and wealth for social good, simultaneously.

IIT Madras Faculty 2020

To expand the reach of these technologies globally and to conduct additional research, multiple companies have been incubated, which secured venture funding.

Besides these activities, IIT Madras Faculty is an outstanding researcher and has won many of the coveted recognition of the country and abroad for contributions to science.

The most recent one is The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize in Chemistry for 2018. He is an author of over 470 scientific papers in journals and is an inventor of 110 patents or patent applications.

In addition to the work on advanced materials, he is involved in the development of affordable technologies for drinking water purification and some of them have been commercialized.

IIT Madras Faculty’s pesticide removal technology is estimated to have reached about 9 million people. Along with his associates, he has incubated five companies and three of them have production units.

His arsenic removal technology, approved for national implementation, is delivering arsenic free water to about one million people every day.

IIT Madras Faculty 2020 – Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an institute of national importance. The activities of the Institute in various fields of Technology and Science are carried out in 16 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary Research Academic Centres.

The Institute offers undergraduate and post – graduate programmes leading to the B.Tech., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specialisations. IITM is a residential institute with more than 580 faculty and 9,500 students. Students from 18 countries are enrolled here.

The exam will be conducted in two shifts this time as it was done last year, say sources.

Information bulletin for NEET-PG shall be published at NBEMS website
‘https://natboard.edu.in/viewnbeexam?exam=neetpg’ in due course.

Students who wish to study postgraduation in medicine can aim for the NEET PG 2025 registration. The date for conducting the test has been announced and next thing after that would be submitting applications.

Taking that into account, it could mean, the NEET PG 2025 registration will likely be opened in the last phase of March or first phase of April 2025.

Point to remember

The date mentioned above is a matter of guess work and the exact dates will be known when the process of information bulletin is released along with commencement of NEET PG 2025 registration.

Information bulletin can be availed on the official website ‘https://nbe.edu.in/’ Candidates can visit the website at regular intervals and click the link of the respective exam (here it is NEET PG 2025) to know the updates.

What is NEET PG?

NEET PG is expanded into National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test Post Graduate, it is conducted once every year for providing admission into postgraduate medical courses in colleges located across India.

NEET PG 2025 is meant to be held in 2025 and is conducted by National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS). NEET PG 2025 registration nothing but applying for the exam.

Who can take up NEET PG 2025 registration?

Candidates who have passed graduation in medicine from a recognized educational institution anywhere in India can take up NEET PG 2025 registration.

Applicants must also have completed the required internship (CRI or CRRI) and have the required registration with NMC/Erstwhile MCI or State Medical Councils.

1. The URL mentioned above must be typed into the browser and submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates can click the button NEET PG under Entrance Examinations menu.

3. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with URL ‘https://natboard.edu.in/viewnbeexam?exam=neetpg’

4. Once the webpage with above URL opens, candidates can click the registration link and create an account.

5. After the account is created, candidates can log in and take up NEET PG 2025 registration.

Direct link to click for NEET PG 2025 registration is here

Another link to click for NEET PG 2025 registration is here

Point to remember

The link to take up NEET PG 2025 registration may not be active as of now on the above two links. It will be made active at the appropriate time.

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Candidates can visit the official websites for NEET PG 2025 registration at regular intervals for updates.

As the links turn active, candidates can start submitting applications.

Registration fee

Candidates taking up NEET PG 2025 registration have to pay Rs 4250 if they are from General, OBC and EWS categories. The same for those from SC/ST/PwD categories is Rs 3250.

The amount mentioned above can change due to various reasons, candidates can refer the information brochure on the official website mentioned above at the time of registration for latest information.

The link for it will be activated at the appropriate time on the official website. The link will turn active about 10 or 20 days before the exam day. It can be downloaded as per the instructions below:

1. Type the URL ‘https://natboard.edu.in/viewnbeexam?exam=neetpg’ in the browser and submit it for allowing it to download.

2. Once the website is ready, the link for admit card has to be clicked.

3. After clicking the link, candidates have to enter their application number, date of birth and other details and submit them to obtain the hall ticket.

Candidates can appear for the exam with their hall tickets. They have to pass the exam with required qualifying marks to be eligible for the next phase of admission which comprises counselling.

Counselling is the process where candidates can choose the course and the college where they desire to study the program of their choice.