Overview
- The Infosys Science Foundation announced the 17th edition on November 12 in Bengaluru, with winners selected by an international jury and unveiled by the trustees.
- Each laureate receives a gold medal, a citation, and $100,000, with non‑India‑based winners expected to spend 30 days at an Indian institution and a formal ceremony slated for January 2026.
- Nikhil Agarwal won Economics for market design that improves allocation systems such as school choice, medical residencies, and kidney exchanges.
- Sushant Sachdeva took Engineering & Computer Science for breakthroughs in optimization and algorithms that enhance performance across networks, while Andrew Ollett earned Humanities & Social Sciences for leading Prakrit scholarship.
- Anjana Badrinarayanan was honored in Life Sciences for illuminating DNA repair mechanisms, Sabyasachi Mukherjee in Mathematical Sciences for advances in conformal dynamics, and Karthish Manthiram in Physical Sciences for sustainable electrochemical synthesis.