Author: Dr Saurabh Tomar

Image Courtesy: IIT Kanpur Prof Arun Kumar Shukla, a structural biologist and a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, has won the prestigious Infosys Prize 2023 in Life Sciences, for his contributions to the understanding of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), a crucial aspect of cellular activity. This prize is a recognition of Prof Shukla’s research which produced beautiful illustrations of the mechanics behind the selective activation of signalling pathways downstream of GPCRs. These and other findings offer a basic comprehension of the context-dependent roles of GPCRs and propose a fresh…

Prof Sachchida Nand Tripathi, who is a professor of Civil Engineering and a joint faculty in the department of Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) at IIT Kanpur, has won the prestigious Infosys Prize 2023 in Engineering and Computer Science, for creating solutions to one of the most pressing problems facing the country today—that of air pollution. This prize has been awarded in recognition of Prof Tripathi’s establishment of a vast sensor-based air quality network, his mobile laboratory for hyperlocal pollution measurements, his data generation and analysis using AI+ML for efficient air quality management and raising public awareness, and his identification of…