| Physical Sciences |
| 1971 | Prof. R.S. Kushwaha | Mathematics |
| 1972 | Prof. R.P. Rastogi | Chemistry |
| 1973 | Prof. Hari Narain | Geophysics |
| 1974 | Prof. Krishnaji | Physics |
| 1975 | Prof. Chandrika Prasad | Mathematics |
| 1976 | Prof. P.T. Narashimhan | Chemistry |
| 1977 | Prof. Ajit Ram Varma | Physics |
| 1978 | Prof. R.P. Bambah | Mathematics |
| 1979 | Dr. Nitya Anand | Chemistry |
| 1980 | Prof. B. Ramachandra Rao | Physics |
| 1981 | Prof. G.N. Ramachandran | Mathematics |
| 1982 | Prof. H.L. Nigam | Chemistry |
| 1983 | Dr. Raja Ramanna | Physics |
| 1984 | Prof. J.N. Kapur | Mathematics |
| 1985 | Prof. M.M. Taqui Khan | Chemistry |
| 1986 | Prof. R.G. Rastogi | Geomagnetism |
| 1987 | Prof. Prem Narain | Statistical Genetics |
| 1988 | Prof. K.S. Valdiya | Geology |
| 1989 | Prof. S.K. Joshi | Physics |
| 1990 | Prof. V.G. Bhide | Physics |
| 1991 | Prof. R.A. Mashelkar | Polymer Science |
| 1992 | Prof. C.L. Khetrapal | Chemistry |
| 1993 | Prof. K. Kasturirangan | Physics |
| 1994 | Prof. S.K. Malik | Mathematics |
| 1995 | Prof. Goverdhan Mehta | Chemistry |
| 1996 | Prof. R.K. Verma | Physics |
| 1997 | Prof. J.P. Mittal | Chemistry |
| 1998 | Prof. D.V. Singh | Engineering |
| 1999 | Prof. H.S. Mani | Physics |
| 2000 | Prof. L.M. Patnaik | Computer Science |
| 2001 | Prof. Girjesh Govil | Molecular Biophysics |
| 2002 | Prof. A.K. Sood | Physics |
| 2003 | Prof. Sushanta Dattagupta | Physics |
| 2004 | Prof. Ashok Misra | Polymer Science & Engineering |
| 2005 | Prof. R. Balasubramanian | Mathematics |
| 2006 | Prof. Suresh Chandra | Materials Science/Solid State Ionics/Solid State Electronics |
| 2007 | Prof. S.C. Dutta Roy | Engineering |
| 2008 | Prof. S.R. Shetye | Physical Oceanography |
| 2009 | Dr. Sankar Kumar Pal | Pattern Recognition and Image Processing/Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems/Soft Computing |
| 2010 | Prof. Anil K. Singh | Organic Chemistry/Bioorganic Chemistry/Photochemistry/Photobiology |
| 2011 | Prof. J.R. Bellare | Cryo EM & Optical Microscopy/Nanotechnology/Biomedical Devices |
| 2012 | Prof. Satya Deo | Algebraic & Differential Topology. |
| 2013 | Dr. Amit Roy | Nuclear Physics/Acceleration Physics. |
| 2014 | Prof. Ajoy K. Ghatak | Fiber Optics/Quantum Mechanics. |
| 2015 | Prof. Anurag Sharma | Fiber and Integrated Optics/Gradient-Index Optics/Applied Optics. |
| 2016 | Prof. S.P. Mehrotra | Process Metallurgy/ Mathematical Modeling & Simulation/Process Development and Control/ Mineral Processing. |
| 2017 | Dr. Dinakar Kanjilal | Experimental Physics/Accelerator Physics. |
| 2018 | Dr. Pradeep K. Gupta | Lasers/Biomedical Applications of Laser/ Nonlinear Optics. |
| 2019 | Dr. Pratibha Jolly | Chemical Physics/Physics Education Research/Science Education Outreach/ICT in Education. |
| Biological Sciences |
| 1971 | Dr. H.D. Srivastava | Zoology |
| 1972 | Prof. K.S. Thind | Botany |
| 1973 | Prof. G.K. Manna | Zoology |
| 1974 | Prof. S.P. Raychaudhuri | Botany |
| 1975 | Prof. H.S. Chaudhary | Zoology |
| 1976 | Prof. R.P. Roy | Botany |
| 1977 | Prof. P.N. Srivastava | Zoology |
| 1978 | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan | Plan Breeding |
| 1979 | Prof. A.K. Sharma | Botany |
| 1980 | Prof. J.P. Thapliyal | Zoology |
| 1981 | Prof. P.M. Bhargava | Molecular Biology |
| 1982 | Dr. S.Z. Qasim | Zoology |
| 1983 | Dr. T.N. Khoshoo | Botany |
| 1984 | Prof. P.N. Tandon | Neurosurgery |
| 1985 | Dr. Archana Sharma | Botany |
| 1986 | Prof. K.N. Mehrotra | Entomology |
| 1987 | Dr. S.K. Jain | Plant Sciences |
| 1988 | Prof. G. Padmanabhan | Molecular Biology |
| 1989 | Dr. S.N. Dwivedi | Oceanography |
| 1990 | Dr. V.P. Sharma | Entomology |
| 1991 | Prof. S.K. Sinha | Plant Physiology |
| 1992 | Prof. Sipra Guha-Mukherji | Life Sciences |
| 1993 | Prof. Anupam Varma | Plant Science |
| 1994 | Prof. Asis Datta | Molecular Biology |
| 1995 | Prof. Madhav D. Gadgil | Life Sciences |
| 1996 | Prof. R. Ramamurthi | Zoology |
| 1997 | Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram | Botany |
| 1998 | Prof. M. Vijayan | Molecular Biophysics |
| 1999 | Prof. N.K. Ganguly | Medical Sciences |
| 2000 | Prof. Sandip K. Basu | Immunology |
| 2001 | Prof. Gyan Chandra Mishra | Immunology |
| 2002 | Dr. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath | Neuro Biology |
| 2003 | Dr. Dinakar M. Salunke | Structural Biology |
| 2004 | Prof. Amit Ghosh | Molecular Biology |
| 2005 | Prof. Kasturi Datta | Molecular & Cellular Biology/Genetic Engineering/Functional Genomics |
| 2006 | Prof. S.P.S. Khanuja | Molecular and General Genetics/Plant Improvement/Biotechnology. |
| 2007 | Prof. Pramod Tandon | Plant Biotechnology |
| 2008 | Prof. Nikhil Tandon | Endocrinology (Diabetes; Thyroid disease; Metabolic Bone Disease) |
| 2009 | Prof. Rakesh Tuli | Plant Biochemistry/Molecular Genetics |
| 2010 | Prof. Paramjit Khurana | Molecular Basis of Cellular Differentiation/Genetic Transformation of Crop Plants/Genomics and Bioinformatics |
| 2011 | Prof. K.V. Peter | Horticulture/Genetics & Plant Breeding |
| 2012 | Prof. Balram Bhargava | Medicine/Cardiology. |
| 2013 | Prof. Veena Tandon | Parasitology/Helminthology. |
| 2014 | Dr. Ajay K. Parida | Plant Biotechnology/Genomics/ Transgenics. |
| 2015 | Prof. W.S. Lakra | Fisheries, Aquaculture Genetics and Biotechnology. |
| 2016 | Dr. Shashi Bala Singh | Environmental Physiology/Cognitive Neurosciences. |
| 2017 | Prof. Chandrima Shaha | Cell Biology/Physiology |
| 2018 | Prof. Madhoolika Agrawal | Ecology/ Environmental Science/Global Climate Change/Air Pollution. |
| 2019 | Prof. Subhra Chakraborty | Nutritional and Stress Genomics/ Proteomics/ Molecular Biology/Genetic Engineering |
