Thalappil Pradeep Awarded ‘ Nikkei Asia’ Prize – April 2020

Professor T Pradeep, IIT-Madras wins the 25th Nikkei Asia Prize in the ‘Science & Technology’ category. Established by Nikkei Inc, Japan

Pradeep has done pioneering work in nano-technology based water purification.’

Developed world’s first filter for drinking water that incorporates deionising technology, established by him.

Awards:

  • Padma Shri – Government of India – 2020
  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize – by CSIR – 2008
  • World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in Chemistry – 2018

Papers :

  • Several papers presented worldwide