{"id":25962,"date":"2025-09-26T11:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25962"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:33:08","slug":"national-geoscience-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-geoscience-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"National Geoscience Awards 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>National Geoscience Awards <\/b><b>2024 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The President of India will confer the prestigious National Geoscience Awards (NGA) 2024 at a function to be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About National Geoscience Awards <\/b><b>2024<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Geoscience Award was <\/span><b>instituted in 1966<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>Ministry of Mines, Government of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Geoscience Awards (formerly known as the <\/span><b>National Mineral Awards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> until 2009) are among the country\u2019s <\/span><b>oldest and most prestigious honors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the field of geosciences.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To honour <\/span><b>individuals and teams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for extraordinary achievements and outstanding contributions in various <\/span><b>fields of geosciences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> i.e. mineral discovery &amp; exploration, Mining Technology &amp; Mineral Beneficiation, fundamental\/ applied geosciences.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Eligibility:<\/b> <b>Any citizen of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with significant contribution in any field of geosciences is eligible for the award.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>awarded annually<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the <\/span><b>following three categories:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Geoscience Award for Lifetime Achievement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Geoscience Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Young Geoscientist Award<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the year 2024, 12 awards have been finalized under these three award categories, which include <\/span><b>09 individual and 03 team awards.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2170968#:~:text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Geoscience Award was instituted in 1966 by the Ministry of Mines, Government of India. 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