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NGA

National Geoscience Awards
NationwideIndividualCentralCentral Sector SchemeMinistry Of MinesNo start date
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What this is

The objective of the scheme is to honour individuals and teams for extraordinary achievements and outstanding contributions in the field of mineral discovery & exploration, fundamental / applied geosciences, mining and allied areas.

In detail

The National Mineral Awards Scheme was instituted in the year 1966 by the Ministry of Mines, Government of India. The scope of the awards has been expanded and the name changed to National Geoscience Awards (NGA) from 2009.

The objective of the scheme is to honour individuals and teams for extraordinary achievements and outstanding contributions in the field of mineral discovery & exploration, fundamental / applied geosciences, mining and allied areas.

Broad Disciplines:-

1) Mineal Discovery & Exploration

2) Mining Technology, Mineral Beneficiation & Sustainable Mineral Development

3) Basic Geosciences

4) Applied Geosciences

No. of Awardees

1) National Geoscience Award for Lifetime Achievement - 1

2) National Geoscience Award - 10 (Individual/ Team)

3) National Young Geoscientist Award - 1

There are three categories of awards under the National Geoscience Awards:

(i) National Geoscience Award for Lifetime Achievement

(ii) National Geoscience Award and

(iii) National Young Geoscientist Award

Who qualifies

  • The applicant should be an Indian citizen and a professionally qualified geoscientist, engineer, technologist, or academician with significant contributions in relevant fields.
  • The applicant’s work should primarily be carried out in India within the last ten years, except for the Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • A team nomination can include a maximum of four members, with limited team awards available.
  • The applicant for the Young Geoscientist Award should be below 35 years of age as of 31st December of the preceding year.
  • The applicant can receive an award only once in a particular field but may apply in other fields.
  • Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award are not eligible to apply for any other awards.
  • A certificate from the head of institution or department confirming the nominee’s work is desirable but not mandatory.

What you get

> The awardees are presented with certificate and a plaque.

Listed by myScheme
Documentation completeness
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Eligibility published here863 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name233 characters
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Implementing agency published herefield absent from the record
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How to apply published hereno URL and no offline mode declared
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Start date published herenot published
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Not expired while still listedno end date
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Provenance

Every field above, and where it came from
schemeNameNational Geoscience AwardsmyScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryNameMinistry Of MinesmyScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme