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In its endeavour to encourage scientists by recognising their contribution to the society through their research, the Haryana government on Wednesday awarded two eminent scientists — Prof KC Bansal and Dr Satish Kumar Gupta — the prestigious Haryana Vigyan Ratna Award.

This is the second time that the current BJP government in the state has conferred the award to the scientists in the last two years. The last award ceremony was held in 2015 to give out the awards for the year 2011-12. Now, the Haryana government has cleared the awards till financial year 2016-17. In the process, while Prof Bansal was awarded for the year 2012-13, Dr Gupta was picked for the prestigious award for the year 2013-14.