Call for ASI award nominations for the year 2026

Dear Colleague,

Nominations are invited for ASI awards for the year 2026. The last date to receive nominations for these awards is 1st November 2026.

The nominations will be received through online forms available on ASI website, the links to these forms are available on the respective award page given below. We request you to widely circulate the information about the awards. Nominators are requested to go through the guidelines given in the Awards page before filling out the nomination form.

The details of these awards are given below.

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1) ASI Govind Swarup Lifetime Achievement award

Please find more information from the link.
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2) Professor M. K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal

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3) Justice Oak award for the outstanding thesis in astronomy

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4) Laxminarayana & Nagalaxmi Modali Award

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5) ASI Zubin Kembhavi Award

For the year 2026 award will be given for work done in "Public Outreach and Education in Astronomy and allied fields".

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6) ASI AstroSat Prize

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7) Young Astronomer Award for the Best Publication

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8) New Discovery Award

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The list of all awards can be found from the link.

With regards,
Sarita Vig
Secretary
Astronomical Society of India