highest Indian science awards in 2018. She is the first women recipient of this Prize in the Physical Science category. In 2012, she won the biennial Buti Foundation Award, given by the Indian Physics Association to young scientists who have made outstanding contributions in the area of Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics or Biophysics. She has also been a recipient of the prestigious Ramón y Cajal fellowship in Spain and the Humboldt Research Fellowship, given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. See also Quantum information Harish-Chandra Research Institute References Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Physical Science Scientists from West Bengal Living people Indian condensed matter physicists 1974 births Scientists from Allahabad Indian women physicists Bengali physicists 20th-century Indian physicists Women scientists from Uttar Pradesh Scholars from Uttar Pradesh 20th-century Indian women scientists Women scientists from West Bengal