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www.newsindiatimes.com – that’s all you need to know Two Indian-Origin Scientists Among 18 Finalists Named For Prestigious Blavatnik National Awards For Young Scientists T his September 9, the Blavatnik Family Founda- tion and the NewYork Academy of Scientists announced the Finalists for the 2025 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. Three of the 18 will go on to be named Laureates and receive a $250,000 prize at a Gala ceremony in NewYork City on October 7, 2025. The Young Scientists Awards recognize scientific advances made by researchers in the United States across the following disciplines: Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, and Physical Sciences & Engineering, a press release from Blavatnik said. Former Director of the National Science Foundation and current President of the Global Learning Council in Switzerland Dr. Subra Suresh, will announce the three 2025 Laureates at the awards ceremony to be held at the American Museum of Natural History. An independent jury of expert scientists selected this year’s Finalists from a pool of 310 nominees representing 161 academic and research institutions across 42 U.S. states. Each Laureate will receive an unrestricted award of $250,000, the world’s largest unrestricted science prize, available for early-career scientists in the U.S. The re- maining 15 Finalists will each receive $15,000. The two Indian origin 2025 Finalists are Yogesh Surendranath, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy (Inorganic & Solid-State Chemistry), in the Chemical Sciences category; and Prateek Mittal, PhD, Princeton University (Computer Science) in the Physical Sciences & Engineering category. Surendranath is recognized for pioneering molecular- level control of catalyst surfaces and electrostatic envi- ronments to revolutionize chemical reactions, enabling sustainable fuel production and significant reductions in carbon emissions. Mittal is recognized for pioneering work powering the security and privacy of the internet, generating over 2.5 billion cryptographic certificates and securing more than 350 million websites. Surendranath is the Donner Professor of Science at MIT. A B.S. in Chemistra and a B.A. in Physics from the University of Virginia, he received his Ph.D. fromMIT, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Berkeley. According to his Research Summary on Blavatni- kawards.org , Surendranath’s pioneering work gives a new understanding of how electric fields at catalyst surfaces control key chemical reactions. His breakthroughs advance sustainable chemistry by reducing carbon emis- sions and unlocking new routes for converting abundant resources like carbon dioxide and methane into valuable products. According to Blavatnik, “Surendranath’s research reshapes fundamental catalysis science and drives technologies essential for a low-carbon future, making it highly deserving of recognition.” Mittal is a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technol- ogy, Guwahati, he has a Master of Science and a Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. According to Blavatnik, in our increasingly digitized world, the privacy and security of the information we transmit online is of paramount importance, and “Re- search being led by computer scientist Prateek Mittal, PhD, seeks to ensure that our data is safeguarded against those who would try and take it for their own benefit.” By discovering and fixing security vulnerabilities in well-known protocols, “Mittal has already transformed the methods being used to secure our internet data – leading to hundreds of millions of websites, both private and government-run alike, being secured,” the award- giving organization said. Internationally recognized by the scientific commu- nity, the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, has at the close of 2025, recognized more than 500 scientists from 120 international research institutions and awarded prizes totaling nearly $20 million. To date, Blavatnik Awards honorees have founded 50 companies after receiving the award, six of which are publicly traded and collectively valued at over $10 billion. By a StaffWriter PHOTO:BLAVATNIKAWARDS.ORG Yogesh Surendranath Prateek Mittal Asia Society To Honor Kiran Nadar At 12th Annual Asia Game Changers Awards Gala In New York City A sia Society will honor Kiran Nadar, a leader in the Indian art world credited with “profoundly” shaping it and increasing the visibility of Indian Modern and Contemporary art worldwide, through the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), a global platform established in 2010, to showcase and promote that country’s art. Nadar, who lives in Delhi with her husband Shiv Nadar, will be honored at the Asia Society’s 12th Annual Asia Game Changers Awards Gala scheduled to be held October 15, 2025, at Cipriani 25 Broadway in NewYork City. Nadar’s continuously expanding, diverse art collection today comprises more than 15,000 plus artworks repre- sentative of all major phases of modern and contempo- rary Indian art. Under her guidance KNMA also drives outreach programs to nurture a museum-going culture among Indian youth, a press release from Asia Society said. Asia Society praised Nadar’s initiatives including her collaborations with globally renowned museums includ- ing the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Ma- drid), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (NewYork), Tate Modern (London), Musée Des Arts Asiatiques, (Nice), Sharjah Art Foundation (Sharjah), Barbican (London) and Musée Guimet (Paris) in a short span. Nadar is also credited with being the driving force behind the India Pavilion: Collaboration of Ministry of Culture, KNMA, CII and NGMA: Our time for a Future caring: at the 2019 La Biennale, the Venezia. Additionally, she also serves as an International Council member of the Museum of Modern Art, NewYork (MoMA). The KNMA is set to open a new state-of-the-art build- ing near Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. Covering 100,000 square meters (over 1 million square feet), the building is expected to be an architectural mar- vel, and to be a global cultural hub for visual arts, music, dance, and theater. The new space will feature changing exhibitions, permanent displays, and performances, making it a versatile space for artistic expression. With its strategic location on National Highway (NH8), KNMA aims to become an international cultural destination ac- cessible to a diverse audience. Besides art and institution–building, Nadar is an ac- claimed international-level Bridge player. She is one of the top Indian players of competitive Bridge and repre- sented India at 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games, winning Bronze in the mixed team category. She has also won several laurels as a member of the “Formidables” team, leading it to victory at the Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships 2018, bringing gold to India after 12 years. She is the driving force behind the HCL Interna- tional Bridge Championship, which has been in existence for 18 years now. She shares her husband’s commitment to philan- thropy. Shiv Nadar’, apart from being the founder, HCL, is the Founder & Chairman of the Shiv Nadar Foundation which has invested US$1.5 billion to create institutions of transformational education, to help create India’s next- generation of leaders, including private engineering col- leges around the country, as well as, in the schools’ space, VidyaGyan schools in Uttar Pradesh and greater Delhi, bearing the Shiv Nadar name. PHOTO:CourtesyAsia Society Visionary collector, philanthropist, and museum founder Kiran Nadar will be among the honorees at Asia Society’s 12th Annual Asia Game Changers Awards Gala on October 15, 2025, at Cipriani 25 Broadway in New York City. By a StaffWriter News India Times (October 4, 2025 - October 10, 2025) October 10, 2025 10 Community