Dr Amar gets Biju scientific excellence award

Bhubaneswar: Prof Dr Amar Kumar Mohanty received the Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence for the year 2019 at the

Investiture Ceremony

, organized by the Odisha Vigyan Academy, here on Wednesday. Science and technology minister

Ashok Chandra Panda

gave the award that consist of Rs 2 lakh cash prize, along with a citation, certificate, shawl and a gold-coated medal. Prof

Mrutyunjay Suara

, Prof Susanta Kumar Sahoo and

Prof Gopabandhu Jena

were given the Samanta Chandrasekhar Award for their contribution in scientific education, research and promotion. They were given Rs 1 lakh with citation, certificate, shawl and medallion each.