♦ The Union government has announced Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 on 25 October 2025.
♦ Eminent physicist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar has posthumously been selected for the Vigyan Ratna Puraskar.
♦ Eight scientists have been selected for the Vigyan Shree award.
♦ Under the Vigyan Yuva category, 14 young scientists have been selected across various disciplines, while the Vigyan Team award is being given to Team Aroma Mission CSIR for its contributions in Agricultural Science.
♦ The awards are given in recognition for exceptional contributions in science, technology, and innovation under four categories – Vigyan Ratna, Vigyan Shree, Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and Vigyan Team.
♦ Vigyan Ratna Puraskar is an award for lifetime achievements and contributions made in the field of science and technology.
♦ Modelled on the Padma awards, the Rashtriya Vigyan Puruskar is the country's highest recognition for outstanding and inspiring contributions by scientists, technologists and innovators in diverse fields of science, technology and technology-led innovation.
♦ While the Vigyan Ratna is being awarded to Narlikar in the physics category, the Vigyan Shri is being conferred on Gyanendra Pratap Singh (agricultural science), Yusuf Mohammad Seikh (atomic energy), K Thangaraj (biological sciences), Pradeep Thalappil (chemistry), Aniruddha Bhalchandra Pandit (engineering sciences), S Venkata Mohan (environmental science); Mahan Mj (mathematics and computer science), Jayan N (space science and technology).
♦ The Vigyan Yuva is being awarded to Jagdis Gupta Kapuganti and Satendra Kumar Mangrauthia (agricultural science), Debarka Sengupta and Deepa Agashe (biological sciences), Dibyendu Das (chemistry), Waliur Rahaman (earth science), Arkaprava Basu (engineering sciences), Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Shweta Prem Agrawal (mathematics and computer science); Suresh Kumar (medicine), Amit Kumar Agarwal and Surhud Shrikant More (physics), Ankur Garg (space science and technology) and Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam (technology and innovation).The Vigyan Team has been awarded to Aroma Mission CSIR (agricultural science).