Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) has invited nominations for the K. Subrahmanyam Award for research on strategic and security issues. The award will be given away on its foundation day November 11, 2011. The award carries a citation and a cash prize of Rs.50, 000, along with providing access to other research facilities in IDSA.
The award has been instituted to honour Subrahmanyam, one of India's foremost strategic experts. Subrahmanyam, a former defence secretary, was the founding director of IDSA and was considered the doyen of the Indian strategic community.
'The awardee will be selected from among the invited nominations and preference will be given to the nomination of those younger than 50 years of age. The nominations will be evaluated by an independent jury comprising eminent experts from diverse fields,' an IDSA release said.
Some of the previous winners of the award are Sudha Mallingam for her outstanding work in the area of energy security and Ashok Behuria, an IDSA research fellow, for his work on Pakistan.
In 2009, the award was conferred on Harsh Pant, visiting fellow with Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and currently teaching at Kings College, London.
The 2010 award was given to Shrikanth Kondapalli, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, for his work on China.
The last date to receive the nominations for the 2011 award is October 31, 2011. The nomination form can be downloaded from IDSA’s website and duly filled form has to be sent to IDSA director general N.S. Sisodia.
[Source: Sify]
