INDIA-SCIENCE-AWARDS

Founder and Chair of The Kofi Annan Foundation and former Secretary-General of The United Nations, Kofi Annan (C), Trustee of Infosys Science Foundation and Founder, Executive Chairman of Infosys, N. R. Narayana Murthy (L) and Indian Nobel Laurette in Economics, Amartya Sen take part in the proceedings of 'Infosys Prize 2013' in Bangalore on February 8, 2014. Awardees Nayanjot Lahiri in Humanities-Archaeology, Rajesh S. Gokhale in Life Sciences, V. Ramgopal Rao in Engineering and Computer Science, Aninhalli R. Vasavi in Social Sciences-Sociology and Anthropology, Ayesha Kidwai in Humanities-Linguistics, Rahul Vijay Pandharipande in Mathemetical Sciences and Shiraz Naval Minwalla in Physical Sciences, received the 5th Infosys Prize 2013 which carries a purse of INR 55 lakhs (USD 88,566). AFP PHOTO/Manjunath KIRAN (Photo credit should read Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images)