bangalore the infosys science foundation on tuesday announced the infosys prize2013 with an increased prize money of rs 55 lakh per awardee up from rs 50 lakh infosys chief n narayana murthy pointed out that theres a need to increase the quantum of research in the country there is some really good research being done but the numbers arent too big the governments should focus on creating more avenues for the young to pursure research internationally our institutions are not ranked too highly i think the first indian institute to be listed in a set of top 500 such institutions is placed at the 250th or 300th place this needs to change he said on the collaboration between industry and academia murthy applauded their efforts indian industry as well as higher education institutions are pretty young compared to other countries like japan china or those in europe for such a young age theyve have demonstrated a pretty good relationship he said marking the fifth anniversary of the infosys science foundation prizes were given in six categories humanities life sciences social sciences engineering and computer science physical science and mathematical sciences murthy said our desire was to create role models who can attract young people into scientific research the response we got to lecturers and interactions with people has been good srinath batni a trustee said the foundation is taking up a research project that will look into the apprehensions of indian students in picking research as a career the awards will be distributed in february 2014 in bangalore with kofi annan as the chief guest the seven awardees were picked from 216 nominations ayesha kidwai professor of linguistics jnu delhi told toi it was a very pleasant surprise along with a linguistics professor in delhi university i run a summer school for indian and foreign linguistics students that seeks to further research into indian languages we dont charge any fees and weve been struggling to raise money for it the prize money will help enormously in sustaining this initiative the awardees engineering and computer science v rama gopal rao professor in the department of electrical engineering and chief investigator centre of excellence in nanoelectronics iit bombay citation wideranging contributions to nanoscale electronics for insightfully integrating chemistry with mechanics and electronics to invent new functional devices and for innovation and entrepreneurship in creating technologies and products of social welfare humanities linguistics ayesha kidwai professor school of language literature and cultural studies jnu new delhi citation exceptional contribution to theoretical linguistics her research on syntactic relations between hindi and urdu has related wider debates in linguistics to the study of indian languages and has extended our understanding of indias linguistic diversity humanities archaeology nayanjot lahiri professor department of history university of delhi citation outstanding contribution towards integration of archaeological knowledge with the historical understanding of india from the earliest times exceptional scholar of protohistoric and early india and her wideranging work on the past and the present illuminates many