The prize for each category consists of a purse of Rs 65 lakh, a 22 karat gold medallion and a citation certificate, the Foundation said.
The winners of the Infosys Prize 2016 are: (1) Engineering and Computer Science: Prof. V Kumaran, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore; (2) Humanities: Prof. Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Professor of History, Harvard University; (3) Life Sciences: Dr. Gagandeep Kang, Executive Director of Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad; (4) Mathematical Sciences: Prof. Akshay Venkatesh, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University; (5) Physical Sciences: Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, Director, Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram and (6) Social Sciences: Prof. Kaivan Munshi, Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
The winners were shortlisted from over 250 nominations by a jury panel, comprising renowned scientists and professors, it said.
The jury chairs of the six categories are: Prof Pradeep K Khosla (University of California San Diego) for Engineering and Computer Science; Prof Amartya Sen (Harvard University) for Humanities; Dr Inder Verma (Salk Institute of Biological Sciences) for Life Sciences; Prof Srinivasa S R Varadhan (New York University) for Mathematical Sciences; Prof Shrinivas Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology) for Physical Sciences; and Prof Kaushik Basu (Cornell University) for Social Sciences.