Bold Innovation for India and Beyond.
The Tata Transformation Prize recognizes scientists and engineers in India who are developing technological innovations that address three challenges of national importance to India: Food Security, Sustainability, and Healthcare.
Applicants must propose technologies that address one of the three categories with a focus on digital and technological transformation: innovations that re-imagine traditional practices and business models, transform technological paradigms, improve public trust, and enable an open and connected world.
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ELIGIBILITY
Researchers with a focus on Food Security, Sustainability, or Healthcare.
Who Should Apply?
Employed by an eligible university, institute, or other research organization in India at the time of application.
We invite researchers who meet the following criteria to apply. Exceptions to these requirements may be made on a case-by-case basis.
Questions about eligibility can be sent directly to our team at tatatransformation@nyas.org.
At the time of application, hold a position as a Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty, or Researcher/Scientist, with at least 50% full-time effort devoted to research, at an eligible institution within India
Hold a doctoral degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.)
Be resident in India or a person of Indian origin residing in India
The Tata Transformation Prize is open to applicants from over 350 institutions and universities in India.
A full list of these accepted institutions may be found within the Application portal and NYAS.org/tata website.
Financial Award
The Tata Transformation Prize awards one Winner in each of the three categories with INR 2 crores (approximately US$230,000). Each Winner will also receive a personalized medal inscribed with their name and Prize year.
Lifetime Membership
Each Winner will receive a lifetime membership to the New York Academy of Sciences, providing lifelong access to our Global Member Directory, a deep archive of digital content, and access to free or significantly discounted registrations to in-person and virtual symposia, webinars, and conferences.
Showcase Work
Winners will have an opportunity to share their work at the Tata Transformation Prize events, in December 2024.
Networking
Winners will be connected with other innovators in the Indian academic and business communities to accelerate the pace at which their innovations transform society.
Share Research Impacts
The Tata Transformation Prize puts innovative research on an outcomes-oriented track. Each Winner will provide reports on the progress of the innovation implementation at intervals of one and three years after receiving the Prize.
Prize Categories
The Tata Transformation Prize recognizes groundbreaking research and technologies in the following categories:
Food Security
Innovations that improve productivity and efficiency or reduce waste and resource-intensity, such as:
Sustainability
Technology innovations that enable large-scale reduction, reuse, and recycling of resources or protection of the natural environment, such as:
Healthcare
Innovations that improve accessibility, affordability, accountability, and efficacy in healthcare, such as:
Sensing & wearable technology
Clean energy
Precision agriculture
Supply chain management
Green chemistry
Telemedicine
Health informatics
Soil health management
Sustainable materials
Circular economy technologies
Electronic health records
Crop sensing
Genetic modification
Climate change modeling
Bioprinting
Food distribution
Battery & energy storage
Augmented reality
Food processing
Energy efficient vehicles & devices
Robotics
Aquaculture
Recycling & waste disposal
Medical training strategies
Smart irrigation systems
Environmentally-friendly infrastructure
Public health infrastructure
Drug development
Climate change-resistant agriculture practices
Biodiversity & natural resource conservation
Precision medicine
Application Details and Timeline
June 04 - July 04, 2025 (11:59PM IST)
The application period is open.
July 2025
Application review period.
September 2025
Winner selection and notification.
November 2025
Public winner announcement
December 2025
Check out the highlights from our last ceremony!
Award ceremony and symposium hosted in Mumbai, India.